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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often to Brown and Martha talk or argue about Angel?
(a) Constantly.
(b) Almost never.
(c) Half the time.
(d) Fairly often.

2. Though this occurs before the story starts, why did Brown fly to New York?
(a) To escape Martha's demands.
(b) To find someone to buy his hotel.
(c) To start life over after his mother's death.
(d) To find someone to manage his hotel.

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. Why does Brown leave the military base?
(a) The attempt to make a political connection fails.
(b) He does not get the exit-visa.
(c) His mother's brother is dead.
(d) He does not get the job.

5. Sitting by the pool on his first night home, what does Brown remember?
(a) The sounds of the busy tourist season.
(b) The smell of Martha's perfume.
(c) His conversation with Mrs. Smith.
(d) Joseph's list of things that have gone wrong in his absence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Martha in Santo Domingo?

2. What does Petit Pierre bring to Brown early in the morning, the first day after he arrives home?

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

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

5. How did Brown enter a casino at a young age?

(see the answer key)

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