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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Winnie's mother entrust what she views as her most valuable asset, her son Stevie?
(a) Her only son.
(b) A close neighbor who has a son.
(c) Her only daughter.
(d) Stevie's stepfather.

2. With the fear of the gallows looming ahead of her, what is it Winnie initially decides to do on the night of Mr. Verloc's death?
(a) Jump from a bridge.
(b) Slit her wrists.
(c) Jump in front of a tram.
(d) Poison herself.

3. In Chapter 9, when does Mr. Verloc return from his trip?
(a) Two weeks later.
(b) A month later.
(c) Ten days later.
(d) A week later.

4. On the evening of Stevie's death after Winnie has gone upstairs, what happens when Mr. Verloc enters his parlor and finds the meal his wife prepared earlier laid out?
(a) Mr. Verloc is not at all hungry given the death of Stevie, and the sight of the meal disturbs him.
(b) Mr. Verloc suddenly becomes very hungry and eats quickly, leaving the arving knife on a plate.
(c) Mr. Verloc sees the meal, becomes upset at the sight, and carries it into the kitchen, leaving the carving knife behind on a plate.
(d) Mr. Verloc skips the meal, goes upstairs, and continues attempting to convince Winnie he deeply loves her.

5. What agitates Stevie at breakfast on the morning Mr. Verloc returns from his trip?
(a) When a neighbor woman starts complaining about the difficulties in raising children with little money.
(b) When a neighbor woman starts complaining about the discrimination in not allowing woman an equal vote.
(c) When a neighbor woman starts complaining about the difficulties in raising children with little governmental support.
(d) When a neighbor man starts complaining about the poor not being granted basic health care, and education and occupational training opportunities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Winnie imagines herself being put to death for her husband's murder and falling how many feet from the gallows with a rope around her neck?

2. Once the Assistant Commissioner arrives at the reported center of the empire, there are several constables who do what upon seeing him departing the vehicle?

3. How does Mr. Verloc feel upon returning from his trip taken shortly after his mother-in-law moved into a charity home?

4. What is the assistant commissioner's action with the secretary of state's private secretary early in the evening of the Greenwich Park bombing?

5. What sort of restaurant does the assistant commissioner eat dinner at on the evening of the Greenwich Park blast?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Mrs. Verloc's mother is doing at the start of Chapter 8 and what is motivating her?

2. What does Mr. Verloc attempt to stress to his wife regarding the death of her sibling?

3. What is the assistant commissioner watching at the conclusion of Chapter 7 and what does he observe?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 10, which fish are used in the discussion concerning the level of importance of the political figure to be caught?

5. Identify the individual the assistant commissioner is speaking with at the close of Chapter 10 and what says that might be a quote from his own subordinate.

6. What is the assistant commissioner's primary goal in briefing Sir Ethelred?

7. What is Mr. Verloc's disposition at the beginning of Chapter 9?

8. What name does Mrs. Verloc refer to Ossipon by and why does it excite him?

9. When Ossipon jumps from the moving train and abandons Mrs. Verloc with no funds, what does he tell the railway workers who gather around him?

10. What exchange takes place between Mr. and Mrs. Verloc on the afternoon he returns from his out-of-country trip, when he announces he is interested in taking a walk?

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