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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. What moment, as Brown remembers the past, makes him feel that his business was finally a success?
(a) A girl was making love in the pool in the middle of the night.
(b) A young couple promised to vacation there every year.
(c) Tourists in the neighboring cities heard about him.
(d) His guest registry was full for nearly three months running.

2. What do the Tonton Macoutes do with the coffin?
(a) Push it off the edge of the cliff so it falls into the sea.
(b) Heave it into the undergrowth.
(c) Put it in the Cadillac trunk and tie it with rope.
(d) Bury it in a secret grave.

3. What happens when Brown and Mr. Smith visit the Secretary of the Interior?
(a) They must take a number and wait in line for two hours.
(b) They are able to see the Secretary immediately.
(c) The Secretary pretends to be gone.
(d) They are ignored for nearly an hour.

4. After the war, how did Brown feed himself?
(a) By working in the Political Intelligence Department.
(b) By buying a hotel and becoming a businessman.
(c) By copying famous painters and selling the pieces at high prices.
(d) By taking a job he is not proud of and does not describe.

5. What do Brown and Doctor Magiot do with Philipot's body during the night?
(a) Dump it unceremoniously in a ditch.
(b) Bury it at the edge of the neighbor's property.
(c) Prepare it for burial according to local Voodoo custom.
(d) Lay it behind some bushes near an abandoned cottage.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the countess rang the bell for Marcel to come to her room, what was he wearing?

2. How does Brown describe the new Secretary for Social Welfare?

3. In Chapter One, what is distinctive about Jones's driver, the man who ruined Joseph?

4. At the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 5, what distractions does Brown experience?

5. When Mr. Smith and Brown unexpectedly meet again in Santo Domingo, what does Mr. Smith offer?

(see the answer key)

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