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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Brown's pass is good only for one day, but this is not a problem. Why?
(a) He won't need to show it to anyone.
(b) Few policemen can read.
(c) No one will care if he is gone later.
(d) He can bribe the Tontons Macoute to let him be gone longer.

2. What is Doctor Magiot's opinion of American aid to Haiti?
(a) America is Haiti's only hope for peace.
(b) Americans do not care enough to lift a finger.
(c) America will help only if her interests are threatened.
(d) America will help only if she becomes interested.

3. How much Latin does Brown remember from his early education?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Everything he reads.
(c) Only one line.
(d) Only Virgil's poetry.

4. Who is Mr. Baxter?
(a) The pharmaceutical traveler.
(b) Mrs. Smith's brother.
(c) The purser.
(d) The captain.

5. Why do Brown and Jones meet under embarrassing circumstances?
(a) Jones has taken some letter-writing paper without asking.
(b) Jones is bribing the steward to switch their cabins.
(c) The steward has given them the wrong cabins.
(d) They are wearing the same shirt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How often to Brown and Martha talk or argue about Angel?

3. When Brown and Martha are stopped by the soldier at the road-block, why does Brown protest?

4. When Brown disembarks from the Medea, why is Martha sitting in the place she used to rendezvous with him?

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

(see the answer key)

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