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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of ceremony had the Cardinal last presided over at the church where he finds himself at this point?
(a) Reconciliation.
(b) Confirmation.
(c) Marriage.
(d) First Eucharist.

2. The journey to ________ on the outskirts of the capital took a little under an hour to complete.
(a) Kollin.
(b) Rywald.
(c) Gneisk.
(d) Krakow.

3. The Cardinal and Janik are left in a cell for the night as they can't call the _____________ until the morning.
(a) Church.
(b) Dock.
(c) Depot.
(d) Minister.

4. What is the sound Cardinal Bem hears when he wakes up in the morning after his all too brief sleep?
(a) A female voice.
(b) Morning traffic.
(c) Father Prisbek.
(d) The inflammatory speech.

5. What does the Cardinal think of the man who tried to assassinate him the other night?
(a) That he was a friend.
(b) That he was a colleague.
(c) That he was a drunk.
(d) The he was deranged.

6. Where does the Cardinal believe Father Ley is waiting for him so that they can talk?
(a) Confessional.
(b) A school.
(c) Hospital.
(d) His residence.

7. When the Cardinal begins to receive a number of phone calls after the announcement of his return, which does he respond to first?
(a) The foreign press.
(b) Some Western embassies.
(c) American television.
(d) No one's.

8. What did the man in the operating gown offer to Cardinal Bem when his name was first called?
(a) A bath.
(b) Cologne.
(c) A shave.
(d) Food.

9. What is in the truck Janik and Cardinal Bem are traveling in, which is to help prevent them from being identified?
(a) Gold.
(b) Books.
(c) Coal.
(d) Sausages.

10. What did the SP man pull out before the Cardinal was led into the Prime Minister's garden?
(a) A mirror.
(b) A letter.
(c) A gun.
(d) A hat.

11. What kind of dog greeted the Cardinal when the Cardinal goes in to see the Prime Minister?
(a) Pitt bull.
(b) Golden retriever.
(c) Dalmatian.
(d) Schnauser.

12. The Cardinal was then taken the the old Borodin ______, not to a factory as the Cardinal had assumed he was taken.
(a) Mine.
(b) Castle.
(c) Church.
(d) Home.

13. Maybe it's true, the Cardinal thinks, that the regime stuffs our mouths with ___________ to keep us quiet.
(a) Faith.
(b) Bread.
(c) Sausage.
(d) Lies.

14. Why were Janik and the Cardinal having an awkward time moving along the tarmac?
(a) Chains.
(b) A heavy load on their backs.
(c) Drugs.
(d) They weren't.

15. Father Malik is worried the ________________ might try to kill the Cardinal again during the next day's ceremonies.
(a) Presbyterians.
(b) Christian Fighters.
(c) Prime Minister's guards.
(d) Security Police.

Short Answer Questions

1. When asked how his trip was, what did the Cardinal reply to the young man who was now driving him?

2. The Security Police surrounded the Cardinal's car as though they were an official ______________.

3. At the intersection of New _______ Avenue and the Gallin Highway, the old van turned off down a winding side road that led to the river.

4. On what day is the speech supposed to be given during the celebrations of Rywald?

5. What does the young man tell the Cardinal NOT to do when the man is getting ready to leave?

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