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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often does the captain dine with the passengers while on their voyage?
(a) Twice.
(b) Never.
(c) Once.
(d) Every night.

2. 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) Her car had broken down.
(d) She had nowhere else to go.

3. As explained in Part 1, Chapter 2, how does Petit Pierre, a journalist, treat every day?
(a) Fearfully.
(b) With humor.
(c) With hope.
(d) Hopelessly.

4. Starting in Part 1, Chapter 1, what problem does Brown have with Jones's name?
(a) He cannot think of him as Major.
(b) He does not believe it is the man's real name.
(c) He has too many other associations with the name.
(d) He cannot think of him as General.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Mr. Baxter?

3. What moment, as Brown remembers the past, makes him feel that his business was finally a success?

4. What is Brown's idea to help Jones escape?

5. What does Martha's husband think about her affair with Brown?

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