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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. What does Winnie request of her husband in response to his decision to go outside on the afternoon of his first day back from his trip?
(a) That he let Stevie go with him, as her brother is not allowed out unaccompanied.
(b) That he let Stevie accompany him along.
(c) That he let both Winnie and Stevie accompany him as a family.
(d) That he let Winnie and Stevie visit their mother.

2. What kind of transportation have Winnie and Ossipon chosen to take on the evening of Mr. Verloc's death?
(a) A cross-Channel steamer.
(b) A train.
(c) A horse-drawn carriage.
(d) A cargo ship.

3. When asked, what is it that the secretary of state is told that makes it unnecessary to incarcerate the person he is concerned about?
(a) The subject will not leave in hopes of reducing potential punishment.
(b) The subject has no place to go to without being found and then incurring further problems.
(c) The subject will not leave their professional responsibilities.
(d) The subject has a spouse who will not leave the country.

4. When Mrs. Verloc looked back into the parlor where Mr. Verloc was dead, how did he appear to her?
(a) Ill.
(b) Surprised.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Comfortable.

5. 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?
(a) Ten.
(b) Six.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Eighteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. After stabbing Mr Verloc, Winnie's reaction is to what?

2. What is Stevie's reaction when the cab driver starts whipping the horse during the ride to his mother's charity home?

3. What concern does the secretary of state express when briefed by the assistant commissioner regarding his suspect of the Greenwich Park explosion?

4. At the start of Chapter 11, right after Heat departs, how does Mr. Verloc find Winnie?

5. What is Stevie's reaction when he later talks to the cab driver and learns of his plight in caring for four children and wife while having to do cab work at night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Verloc's sibling do when a cab driver whips his horse on the ride over to the charity home? Why does her sibling reaction in this way?

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

3. Where does the assistant commissioner go for his evening meal and what catches his attention?

4. 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?

5. What does the assistant commissioner do after completing his visit with the secretary of state?

6. Describe what is compared to the sound of an insane clock at the conclusion of Chapter 11?

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

8. What action does Mr. Verloc take when Mrs. Verloc goes upstairs following her confrontation with him in the kitchen after she learned of Stevie's death?

9. What are two objections Mrs. Verloc has toward Mrs. Neale?

10. Shortly after murdering Mr. Verloc, which individual does Winnie encounter in the street offering his assistance, and why is it ironic?

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