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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Theo and the Five Fishes end up spending the night where the car got a flat tire?
(a) No one can walk for gas until the morning.
(b) The flashlight goes out.
(c) They hear on the radio about all the police patrolling the roads.
(d) Julian is too tired to continue.

2. Who are Rolf's political views most similar to?
(a) Rosie McClure.
(b) Xan.
(c) Julian.
(d) Jasper.

3. Who does Theo rely on to untie the couple?
(a) He left a note to their neighbor.
(b) He will phone the police in the morning himself.
(c) Their daughter.
(d) Their maid.

4. What has Miriam found in the car in Chapter 26?
(a) Money.
(b) Photographs.
(c) A gun.
(d) A flashlight.

5. What is wrong with Luke's body initially upon placing it on the ground?
(a) He was face down.
(b) His eyelids swung open.
(c) He had the map somewhere on his person.
(d) His face was covered in mud.

6. What does Theo do first after arriving home from Europe?
(a) Cleaned a smashed window.
(b) Reread his diary entries from his travels.
(c) He checked for messages from Julian.
(d) He phoned Helena.

7. When does Theo say in his journal that they will leave the place he is writing because of the flat tire?
(a) In two days.
(b) They will stay through the delivery of the baby.
(c) In one hour.
(d) The next morning.

8. Who says this quote in Chapter 29: "He has thought; now he's gone."?
(a) Julian.
(b) Miriam.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Theo.

9. What does Theo regret not bringing from the car but realizes is unimportant?
(a) The gun.
(b) A camera.
(c) Cutlery.
(d) Keys.

10. How does Julian respond to the news of the SSP?
(a) She says they have been to her, too.
(b) She suggests that Theo leave town.
(c) She is concerned they are being watched.
(d) She is not concerned.

11. What disease does Luke suffer as a child?
(a) Asthma.
(b) Leukemia.
(c) Depression.
(d) Epilepsy.

12. How does Theo think of London as he contemplates his next move after the robbery?
(a) He will go to his former colleagues abandoned mansion in Wimbledon.
(b) Xan keeps London from ever being an option.
(c) He has a friend with a home in a hidden alley he will go to.
(d) Large enough to hide in, but too many eyes.

13. Why is Theo cold in the final paragraph of Chapter 21?
(a) He find's Luke piousness unreasonable.
(b) He is annoyed that Xan is threatening him.
(c) He is pained watching Julian and Rolf together.
(d) He thinks there's something he is not being told.

14. What final act of decency does Theo bestow upon the couple?
(a) He helped them drink a glass of water.
(b) He covered them with blankets.
(c) He untied them and let them use the bathroom.
(d) He put on soothing music.

15. What do Theo and Julian feed one another in the woodshed?
(a) Peaches.
(b) Beans.
(c) Grapes.
(d) Bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Woolvington do in the woodshed?

2. What are Julian and Luke doing alone in the morning in Chapter 25?

3. Who goes into the house with Theo?

4. Who is afraid of another attack on the way out of the woods?

5. Who does Theo imagine Rolf will go to first after he deserts his wife?

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