View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters The Four-Cylinder 12 HP Flanquin; 1903; Two Propellers Pushing; Rain; Scalpel; The Blue Afternoon; The Girls on the Pony; Hippotheetical; and The Sutured Heart.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does narration give the reader?
(a) A list of reasons Cruz probably murdered Ward.
(b) A list of reasons Carriscant must be the murderer.
(c) A list of reasons Pantaleon is suspect in Ward's murder.
(d) An explanation of the de facto caste system of the Philippine Islands.

2. Why do Carriscant and Pantaleon argue?
(a) Carriscant tells him about Delphine.
(b) Carriscant does not want to be co-pilot.
(c) Carriscant suggests adding more stabilizers.
(d) Carriscant says he wants to be co-pilot instead of Pantaleon's nephew.

3. When does Annaliese's mother die?
(a) 1877.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1925.

4. What does Kay think started Philip on the road to his alcoholism?
(a) Flunking out of MIT.
(b) Losing his father and older brother in a mining accident.
(c) The death of his son.
(d) Losing his fortune in the stock market crash of 1929.

5. What does Carriscant think about sex in his marriage?
(a) It is the only part that keeps him married.
(b) He can find sex anywhere and does not need to be married.
(c) It is actually the best part of the marriage.
(d) There hasn't been any for a long time.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country is Annaliese's father?

2. Whom does Carriscant think about when he returns home?

3. Why is the location of Ward's body questioned?

4. What has Carriscant researched?

5. What happened to Kay about the same time that Philip begins his drinking habit?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 297 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample