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

2. What does the Maeslantkering do?
(a) It is the committee that oversees Dutch royalty protocol.
(b) Protects the Netherlands from being flooded by the North Sea.
(c) Provides the Netherlands with solar energy.
(d) Monitors the Dutch stock market.

3. What is the english translation of Punjab?
(a) Land of Fertile Valleys
(b) Land of the Ocean.
(c) Land of Mountains.
(d) Land of Five Rivers.

4. What is a Kirpan?
(a) Hindu word for cricket bat.
(b) Indian government issue fighting stick.
(c) Daggers carried by Sikh's.
(d) Traditional head wrap worn by Sikhs.

5. What is a dhal?
(a) A breathing apparatus.
(b) A turban of special fabric for military actions.
(c) A fighting stick.
(d) A traditional shield.

Short Answer Questions

1. What natural phenomenon kills the surfers at the beach at Scheveningen?

2. According to Alastair why would India be concerned about more sulfur being launched in the Northern Hemisphere?

3. For what tribe was Rufus' great-great grandad a slave?

4. What is the Maasvlakte?

5. In what city in the Netherlands does Willem live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What brings ants closer to human populations in Houston?

2. What is the MOSE project that Michiel talks to Saskia about in the chapter titled West Texas?

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

4. What is China's agenda in causing a massive wave to destroy the Maeslantkering and flood the Netherlands and England?

5. In the chapter titled "Pina2bo," why is it difficult for Alastair to know what all the side effects of Pina2bo's operation?

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

7. What secures Laks position as greatest gatka fighter in the world and makes him famous among Indians and the rest of the world?

8. What is Rufus' profession after Adele is killed?

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

10. Why does T.R. take his guests on a drone tour of Buffalo Bayou and the greater Houston area?

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