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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jones feel about his jail cell?
(a) It is unremarkable.
(b) He barely notices it.
(c) It is horrifying.
(d) It is merely the next step in his journey.

2. What do Brown and Philipot's nephew discuss with the ambassador?
(a) Melodious poems.
(b) Being comedians.
(c) Making a quick sale.
(d) Jones fighting in Burma.

3. While listening to Mr. Smith describe the vegetarian center, what does the Secretary for Social Welfare doodle on his paper?
(a) Concentric circles.
(b) Sketches for the building entrance.
(c) Percentage marks and plus signs.
(d) Mr. Smith's face.

4. Why, according to Philipot, did Jones die?
(a) He sacrificed himself to try save Philipot.
(b) He had an asthma attack.
(c) He was shot near the heart.
(d) His flat feet gave out.

5. When Brown disembarks from the Medea, why is Martha sitting in the place she used to rendezvous with him?
(a) She missed him.
(b) She was meeting another man.
(c) She had nowhere else to go.
(d) Her car had broken down.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though this occurs before the story starts, why did Brown fly to New York?

2. What is Martha's opinion of Jones's relation to her family?

3. What are Jones's last words to Philipot?

4. Why is Brown on the military base near Santo Domingo?

5. In Part 1, Chapter 4, the charge explains what happened to his cook one night when he was supposed to be throwing a party. What happened?

(see the answer key)

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