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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters An Official Entertainment; The Library; Trial Run; Brahms; and In The Nipa Barn.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Ephraim Ward?
(a) A surgeon at San Jerónimo.
(b) Another lawyer in Carriscant's practice.
(c) An army private from Kansas.
(d) An Air Force Colonel from England.

3. Who backs Cruz when he calls Carriscant on the carpet/
(a) Wieland.
(b) No one.
(c) Bobby.
(d) His wife's uncle.

4. What motivates Kay to accompany Carriscant to Europe?
(a) Her lawyer thinks she needs to get away for a while.
(b) Carriscant offers to pay her way.
(c) Information from Meyersen.
(d) Her mother urges her to go.

5. Why is Kay wanting to sell her house?
(a) It reminds her too much of her ex-husband.
(b) To avoid complete financial collapse.
(c) She wants to move to Maine.
(d) She has never liked it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kay do to gauge her mother's response?

2. What does Carriscant discover about Siverance's wife?

3. What does Kay do outside Carriscant's apartment one day?

4. Who is Eric Meyersen?

5. What does Carriscant study in Europe?

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