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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jones reveals his opinion about scruples. What is this opinion?
(a) Scruples are an excuse.
(b) Scruples cost a lot.
(c) Scruples are not meant to be followed.
(d) Scruples have little effect on a man.

2. Why does Doctor Magiot visit Brown one night?
(a) He misses Brown's mother.
(b) He gets lonely after the sun sets.
(c) He is hungry.
(d) He wants to intimidate him.

3. How does Martha explain Brown's view of the world?
(a) As a song he cannot sing.
(b) As a novel he is writing.
(c) As a jungle he must navigate.
(d) As a desert without water.

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 cannot think of him as General.
(c) He does not believe it is the man's real name.
(d) He has too many other associations with the name.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 2, what do Brown and Martha quarrel about?

2. Sitting by the pool on his first night home, what does Brown remember?

3. When the Smiths first arrive at the Hotel Trianon, what does Mr. Smith think of the body crouched in the pool?

4. What is the news of Hamit (who had rented a room to Brown and Martha in the past)?

5. Mr. Smith has a letter of introduction to what person in Haiti?

(see the answer key)

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