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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Brown attend school as a child?
(a) The Jesuit College of the Visitation.
(b) The School of the Immaculate Conception of Christ.
(c) The local public school.
(d) The Schools of the Virgin Mary.

3. When the countess rang the bell for Marcel to come to her room, what was he wearing?
(a) A shirt he had found in Brown's luggage.
(b) Only his underwear.
(c) Black pants and shirt, in preparation for mourning.
(d) Pajamas with both their initials monogrammed on the shirt.

4. While going through his mother's desk after she dies, what did Brown find in the piggy bank?
(a) A casino token and a medal from the resistance movement.
(b) A few pounds of English money.
(c) A folded picture of a man whom Brown does not recognize.
(d) Outdated currency from the previous government.

5. When Brown arrived for the first time at the Hotel Trianon in Haiti, who was with his mother?
(a) Doctor Magiot.
(b) Her husband, the count.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Brown's father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How often does the captain dine with the passengers while on their voyage?

3. After many years of silence, Brown received a message from his mother. What did the message say?

4. Why does the captain want Brown to keep an eye on Jones?

5. How did Marcel kill himself?

(see the answer key)

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