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

2. What song is Willem's guilty pleasure that he listens to on his way home after seeing Saskia safely back to her home?
(a) Permanent Waves.
(b) Rock of the Ocean.
(c) King of the Beach.
(d) Riding Out the Storm.

3. What is the Maasvlakte?
(a) An artificially created peninsula where container ships dock.
(b) A natural cliffside that provides a strategic military defense point from naval attacks.
(c) An artificial system of canals that brings fresh water inland.
(d) The financial district of the Hague.

4. Where does Saskia camp out before going to Sugarland?
(a) On the banks of the Brazos river.
(b) On the outskirts of Crescent City.
(c) In the foothills of Lithia mountains.
(d) Near the beach at Brookings.

5. What does the World's Biggest Gun fire?
(a) Fires sulfur into the stratosphere.
(b) Fires carbon trapping drones into the atmosphere.
(c) Fires bullets that take out enemy aircraft.
(d) Fires satellites into space.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the chapter titled "Nederland," who is Toon?

2. When Willem looks up ZGL, an abbreviation that he sees while walking to the place where Saskia gives her speech, what does he find out the abbreviation stands for?

3. What is the name of the residence where Saskia lives?

4. Who sends selfie pictures to Saskia from Albanian Islands?

5. What is the official color of the Dutch?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the chapter titled "The Hague," what are the complications of launching sulfur as Alastair explains it?

2. How is it that there is fighting but no guns at the Line of Actual Control?

3. On the train ride out to West Texas, how does Rufus explain to Alastair that Comanches "won" the war in the larger sense?

4. Where does Saskia spend her time waiting out the hurricane in Houston?

5. Why does the Indian government want to support Laks?

6. What does Rufus attempt as his initial profession after coming out of the army?

7. Why does Rufus go to see Dr. Rutledge?

8. What does Pippa do in the chapter titled Rohtang that makes Laks realize that he is severely under-researched in his plan regarding the Line of Actual Control?

9. Why is Rufus driving alongside the Waco airfield in his truck?

10. What is Laks' newfound purpose?

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