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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the opening scene of the novel?
(a) a flight to Baskul, a town in Persia
(b) at Heathrow Airport in London
(c) a plane out of India
(d) Tempelhof Airport near Berlin

2. How is Conway described?
(a) as a wanderer who never finishes a job
(b) as a man with a vivid imagination
(c) as a Renaissance man who excels in everything
(d) as a lost soul always looking for answers

3. After leaving the airport, where do Rutherford and Green go?
(a) to a Buddhist temple
(b) to Rutherford's hotel room
(c) to the British Embassy
(d) to book a flight for Preshawar

4. What does Mallinson believe when the plane takes off a second time?
(a) that the pilot knows what he is doing
(b) that they are on the wrong plane
(c) that the plane is going to crash
(d) that they are being kidnapped

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As they talk about overpowering the pilot, what stops them?

2. What is the subject of Green's book that Rutherford read?

3. Who is Miss Roberta Brinklow?

4. As the plane continues on its odd course, what does Conway do?

5. What did Conway's friends and professors at Oxford expect of him?

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