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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Jones and Brown go back to the Medea?
(a) Jones wants to travel to the United States.
(b) Brown does not know what else to do with Jones.
(c) The ship is the only place they can safely hide.
(d) Jones wants to ask advice from the captain.

2. Jones finally tells Brown how he got the traveling cocktail case. What is the truth?
(a) He won it in a bet in Burma.
(b) He walked out of the store with it.
(c) He used a company check to buy it.
(d) The captain of his platoon gave it to him.

3. When Brown disembarks from the Medea, why is Martha sitting in the place she used to rendezvous with him?
(a) She missed him.
(b) She was meeting another man.
(c) She had nowhere else to go.
(d) Her car had broken down.

4. Why does Brown go to the casino after talking with Jones?
(a) He is hoping to see Martha there.
(b) The hotel is empty and he wants a familiar place.
(c) He wants to dull the memory of his conversation with Jones.
(d) He is desperate for company and has nowhere else to go.

5. As Mr. Smith tells Brown in a conversation in Part 1, Chapter 1, why is he proud of his wife?
(a) She's not afraid to stand up for her principles.
(b) She is an amazing linguist.
(c) She's high-spirited and energetic.
(d) She cooks very well.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much Latin does Brown remember from his early education?

2. When Mr. Smith and Brown unexpectedly meet again in Santo Domingo, what does Mr. Smith offer?

3. Whom is Brown visiting the military base near Santo Domingo?

4. Mrs. Smith is proud of the American ballot that shows her husband's name as a presidential candidate. What is Brown's perception of voting in Haiti?

5. When Brown walks up the stairs to say hello to Angel, what does the boy show him?

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