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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the building that is the seat of Dutch Government?
(a) Huis ten Bosch.
(b) The Noordeinde.
(c) The Binnenhof.
(d) The Radboud.

2. What is T.R.'s full real name?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt Schmidt.
(b) Thomas Reginald Lincoln.
(c) Thurgood Reston Schuller.
(d) Thaddeus Rookwood Harrington.

3. In the chapter titled "Nederland," who is Toon?
(a) Security personnel for Saskia.
(b) Someone Rufus meets at Flying S.
(c) Willem's husband.
(d) Lotte's friend.

4. Who does T.R. hire that comes and lives out where Rufus lives?
(a) Einar and Maria.
(b) Helgi and Paula.
(c) Ellie and Trang.
(d) Thordis and Carmelita.

5. Why do air conditioner relays stop working in Houston?
(a) Meth gators are chewing through the electrical contacts.
(b) Dead fire ants ruin the electrical relays.
(c) Houston's electrical grid is unstable.
(d) Wild pigs are smashing the air conditioners.

6. Who does Laks meet outside his tent, who is smoking a pipe and representing the Indian Army?
(a) Major Raju.
(b) Lieutenant Shankar.
(c) Colonel Patel.
(d) Captain Indira.

7. What does T.R. first talk to Rufus about when they meet for the first time?
(a) Whether Rufus has been to a T.R. Mick's gas station?
(b) Flooding in Texas.
(c) Shooting feral pigs.
(d) Meth-gators.

8. Who does Lan Lu mean in English, according to the book?
(a) Blue Heron.
(b) White Tiger.
(c) Green Mantis.
(d) Red Scorpion.

9. Who does Willem go to visit in Louisiana?
(a) His father.
(b) His wife.
(c) His husband.
(d) His son.

10. According to the book, when was the cease-fire signed that put an end to armed conflict between China and India?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1982

11. Who is Adele?
(a) Willem's wife.
(b) Saskia's best friend.
(c) Saskia's daughter.
(d) Rufus' daughter.

12. What is the item that the Indian army intelligence officer procures for Laks to use in the battle for the barracks?
(a) A collapsable shield.
(b) A fishing pole.
(c) A special reinforced gatka stick.
(d) A snowboard.

13. What does Michiel say is Venice's main climate related problem?
(a) Drought.
(b) Sea level rise.
(c) Forest fire.
(d) Hurricanes.

14. What does MRLB stand for in the context of the fighting at the Line of Actual Control?
(a) Mass Reading of Line Boundary.
(b) Meta-Ranking Leader Board.
(c) Melt Ratio of Lithium Byproduct.
(d) Main Research of Line Retention.

15. What does Sister Catherine want for Papua?
(a) For Papua to becomes part of Royal Dutch Shell.
(b) For Papua to come under Dutch rule.
(c) For Papua to adopt Dutch as the national language.
(d) Independence for Papua from Indonesian rule.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Michiel's former profession?

2. What are the nets that are stretched across Flying S Ranch for?

3. What is a keski?

4. Why is Pippa going to the Line of Actual Control?

5. At Ranjit's suggestion, Where does Laks decide he wants to go?

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