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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Brown's idea to help Jones escape?
(a) Drive him across the border.
(b) Get him an exit-visa through the Venezuelan embassy.
(c) Send him to fight with Philipot.
(d) Smuggle him past the Tontons Macoute into the forest.

2. What were the countess's last words to her son?
(a) "One must take precautions."
(b) "What part are you playing now?"
(c) "Your father could never stand his own climate."
(d) "A little luck has come my way at the end."

3. 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) His guest registry was full for nearly three months running.
(c) A young couple promised to vacation there every year.
(d) Tourists in the neighboring cities heard about him.

4. What happens in the casino after Brown won a large amount of money?
(a) He forgot to cash in his chips for money.
(b) He lost his virginity to an older woman.
(c) He walked home and hid the money under his mattress.
(d) He got drunk and passed out in his hotel room.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did Marcel kill himself?

4. Where does Brown get his information about the curfew in Haiti?

5. After the war, how did Brown feed himself?

(see the answer key)

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