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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Conway's friends and professors at Oxford expect of him?
(a) that he might write a great novel
(b) that he would be a famous pianist
(c) that he would scale Mt. Everest
(d) that he might become the PM of England

2. When he wakes up, what does Conway see out his window?
(a) lightning in the clouds
(b) the lights of a runway
(c) the lights of a large city
(d) snow covered peaks and glaciers

3. What happens on the ship after Conway becomes depressed?
(a) for twenty hours he pours his heart out to Rutherford
(b) he attempts several times to jump overboard
(c) he goes on a hunger strike
(d) he goes to his cabin and refuses to come out

4. When Sanders joins the three men, what does he talk about?
(a) the threat of war
(b) the price of oil
(c) gold mining
(d) the evacuation of Baskul

5. Who is Miss Roberta Brinklow?
(a) an RAF nurse assigned to India
(b) a secretary to Captain Charles Mallinson
(c) a foreign newspaper correspondent
(d) a missionary with the L.M.S. or London Missionary Service

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Mother superior say about Conway?

2. How does the name of Conway come up in the conversation?

3. Why is Conway the one to write SOS messages on scraps of paper?

4. Where is the opening scene of the novel?

5. Why are the British evacuating white residents from Baskul to Peshawar?

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