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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the purser do with his "French letters"?
(a) Blows them up into balloons.
(b) Hides them in his desk for the entire journey.
(c) Puts stamps on them so he can mail them when the ship reaches land.
(d) Shows them off to Brown.

2. What is the usual progression of Brown's relationship with Martha?
(a) They quarrel and he leaves.
(b) They make love and he leaves in silence.
(c) They quarrel and then make love.
(d) They make love and then quarrel.

3. 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 find Brown a catering job.
(c) To help Brown escape to the United States.
(d) To buy Brown's hotel with American dollars.

4. What is Brown's plan to get through the road-blocks with Jones?
(a) Hide Jones in the trunk of the car.
(b) Dress Jones up as a woman again.
(c) Drive during a storm.
(d) Bribe the Tontons Macoute.

5. How does Brown perceive his relationship to Martha, primarily?
(a) As the most important part of his life.
(b) As mere amusement in his boring life.
(c) As star-crossed lovers.
(d) As co-conspirators rather than lovers.

6. In Mr. Smith's typed report for the people of Wisconsin, what is his tone?
(a) Sad.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Despairing.
(d) Confused.

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

8. Along the border of the Dominican Republic, what does Brown feel?
(a) Ambivalence about the differences between the two countries.
(b) A sense of curiosity about life beyond the border.
(c) A strong desire to flee Haiti.
(d) A sense of peace unlike anything in Haiti.

9. Why is Martha in Santo Domingo?
(a) Her husband has been transferred to Lima.
(b) She has left her husband and taken Angel.
(c) She is looking for Brown.
(d) Her husband has been transferred to Santo Domingo.

10. Before the bail is posted for Jones's release, what does Brown ask the Secretary of the Interior to do?
(a) Sign a waiver of confidentiality.
(b) Convert his American dollars to Haitian gourdes.
(c) Send a competent doctor to fix his wounds.
(d) Destroy all paperwork relating to his arrest.

11. How does Brown think of Mr. Smith even before he knows his name?
(a) As the Presidential Candidate.
(b) As the Wisconsin Smith.
(c) As The Realist.
(d) As the Presidential Hopeful.

12. When the countess rang the bell for Marcel to come to her room, what was he wearing?
(a) Only his underwear.
(b) A shirt he had found in Brown's luggage.
(c) Black pants and shirt, in preparation for mourning.
(d) Pajamas with both their initials monogrammed on the shirt.

13. From the beginning of their relationship, who makes great demands on Martha's time?
(a) Her lover, a member of the Tontons Macoute.
(b) Her husband, the ambassador.
(c) Angel.
(d) Brown.

14. Where does Brown get his information about the curfew in Haiti?
(a) From a Haitian newspaper.
(b) From Joseph.
(c) From a public posting in the shipping dock.
(d) From an American newspaper.

15. As Doctor Magiot and Brown are talking, Petit Pierre arrives. Why does he come?
(a) He is suspicious of Doctor Magiot.
(b) To warn Brown.
(c) To spy on Brown.
(d) He wants news of Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in the casino after Brown won a large amount of money?

2. Why, according to Philipot, did Jones die?

3. Why is Mr. Smith proud to be involved in Jones's release from jail?

4. When Mr. and Mrs. Smith arrive at the hotel, what room do they stay in?

5. How does Doctor Magiot know Philipot?

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