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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what time of day does the opening setting of the novel take place?
(a) Late evening.
(b) Sundown.
(c) Daybreak.
(d) Midnight.

2. After Webb and Panov discuss the information Webb has collected while speaking with agents on the phone, what do both Webb and Panov believe about the situation?
(a) That Webb will lose his teaching job.
(b) That Webb needs to relax.
(c) That Webb will rescue Marie.
(d) That Webb is being "recruited" again.

3. When they first meet in this novel, where does McAllister speak to Webb?
(a) In Webb's office.
(b) In Webb's home.
(c) In McAllister's home.
(d) On Webb's way home.

4. After being dragged into the woods, how does the third contact feel about his fate with Webb?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Saddened.
(c) Optimistic.
(d) Nervous.

5. In Chapter 1, during the fire and subsequent chaos in the cabaret, who does the assassin kill?
(a) A cabaret customer and five businessmen.
(b) A guard and five businessmen.
(c) The cabaret manager.
(d) Five cabaret customers.

6. What does Panov suggest to help calm Webb after Webb has interrogated several agents?
(a) A walk in the park.
(b) A nap.
(c) A walk on the beach.
(d) A jog in the park.

7. How are McAllister and Webb alike?
(a) They both specialize in Orient studies.
(b) They both served in Cambodia.
(c) They both live in Maine.
(d) They both have lost a wife.

8. While at the football game, what does Marie suggest Webb do?
(a) Return home to grade papers.
(b) Call McAllister.
(c) Watch the football game.
(d) Call Panov.

9. How does Webb access the green van at the Shumchun Reservoir?
(a) He pretends to hijack it and takes the driver's gun.
(b) He pretends it hits him and overcomes the driver, taking his gun.
(c) He storms the van with gunfire.
(d) He sneaks in when the driver is distracted and takes the driver's gun.

10. After he arrives by train in Kowloon, what does Webb discover the impostor Bourne has that matches something old of Webb's?
(a) An old visa.
(b) An old ID card.
(c) An old passport.
(d) An old birth certificate.

11. In preparation for his trip to Kowloon, to what location does Webb wire money?
(a) Paris.
(b) The Cayman Islands.
(c) Hong Kong.
(d) Kowloon.

12. How do McAllister and the doctor plan to locate Marie after she escapes from the hospital?
(a) They issue a medical alert.
(b) They plan to look for her themselves.
(c) They issue a police bulletin.
(d) They send the impostor Bourne to find her.

13. Where are the taipan's wife and her lover assassinated?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Maine.
(c) Macau.
(d) Victoria Harbor.

14. To what does the term Zhongguo ren refer?
(a) A citizen.
(b) A prime minister.
(c) A bodyguard.
(d) A priest.

15. With what does Webb threaten the taipan if he fails to allow Webb to speak with Marie if Webb captures the impostor Bourne?
(a) Webb threatens to turn the impostor Bourne over to the Hong Kong officials.
(b) Webb threatens to kill the impostor Bourne.
(c) Webb threatens to expose his government's secret operation.
(d) Webb threatens to turn the impostor Bourne over to the U.S. government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does McAllister suggest about Yao Ming in Chapter 3?

2. When on the radio, what does Marie encourage Webb to do?

3. Who does the assassin responsible for the deaths in the cabaret turn out to be?

4. Why does Webb feel the limousine service advertised in the shopping center will be helpful?

5. When McAllister and his wife cannot be located in Chapter 4, about what does Webb want answers?

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