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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kay decide to do about Carriscant?
(a) Get a restraining order.
(b) Investigate him.
(c) Invite him to dinner.
(d) Ignore him.

2. Why does Philip say he will ask around at his work for Kay?
(a) To find out if anyone has heard of Carriscant.
(b) To see if anyone needs a building designed.
(c) To find out if anyone wants to buy Kay's home.
(d) To see if anyone knows Paton Bobby.

3. What does Carriscant have when he returns to Manila?
(a) A degree in philosophy from Oxford.
(b) A degree in law from Harvard.
(c) A then-modern understanding of surgery.
(d) A wife and a child.

4. 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.

5. What does Carriscant study in Europe?
(a) The classics.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Astronomy.

6. What do Pantaleon and Carriscant do to a Chinese youth?
(a) Remove a tumor from his tongue.
(b) Defend him in a wrongful murder suit.
(c) Remove a bullet next to his spine.
(d) Defend his right to citizenship.

7. Where does Carriscant go after he runs a few errands?
(a) The police station.
(b) A church.
(c) A bar.
(d) A restaurant.

8. What is the year when the novel opens?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1936.

9. About what does Carriscant not seem surprised?
(a) Kay's mother is remarried.
(b) Kay not wanting to have any contact with him.
(c) Kay's mother saying Hugh is Kay's father.
(d) Kay joining him for lunch.

10. What was Kay's stepfather's profession?
(a) Coir and hemp importer.
(b) Army officer.
(c) Ship's captain.
(d) Banker.

11. What does Carriscant often think of doing?
(a) Visiting a prostitute.
(b) Leaving his wife and son.
(c) Killing his wife.
(d) Getting out of the practice of law.

12. What was Kay's biological father's occupation according to Kay's mother?
(a) Safari guide.
(b) Missionary and teacher.
(c) Oil man.
(d) Architect.

13. How old is Kay when the novel opens?
(a) 44.
(b) 52.
(c) 28.
(d) 32.

14. What do Pantaleon and Carriscant make when they partner?
(a) Bulwark against Cruz.
(b) Voting bloc in the hospital.
(c) Brilliant medical team.
(d) Formidable criminal defense team.

15. What does Kay oversee?
(a) Finishing touches on her house.
(b) Moving her business to a smaller place.
(c) Helping Philip recover from his latest binge.
(d) Remodeling her mother's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Bobby and Carriscan travel to Cruz's house?

2. Where was Carriscant born?

3. What does Kay decide she will do concerning Carriscant?

4. What appeared in a magazine article in 1927?

5. What seemed to be true about the location of the body that was found?

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