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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Mr. Smith and Brown unexpectedly meet again in Santo Domingo, what does Mr. Smith offer?
(a) To draw up a mortgage for Brown's hotel.
(b) To buy Brown's hotel with American dollars.
(c) To find Brown a catering job.
(d) To help Brown escape to the United States.

3. Whom is Brown visiting the military base near Santo Domingo?
(a) Mr. Peterson.
(b) Mr. Smith.
(c) Mr. Wilson.
(d) Mr. Athencourt.

4. What moment, as Brown remembers the past, makes him feel that his business was finally a success?
(a) His guest registry was full for nearly three months running.
(b) A girl was making love in the pool in the middle of the night.
(c) Tourists in the neighboring cities heard about him.
(d) A young couple promised to vacation there every year.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Martha explain Brown's view of the world?

4. Rather than participating in the night of entertainment, what does Mr. Fernandez do?

5. At the police station, when Brown and Smith go to visit Jones, what does the Tonton Macoute guard do?

(see the answer key)

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