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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the plane lands to refuel, what do the passengers see out the window?
(a) gasoline trucks
(b) a desolate frontier
(c) only runway lights
(d) black figures moving about

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

3. How does the name of Conway come up in the conversation?
(a) He was one of the passengers on the missing plane
(b) Tertius says he just got a letter from Conway
(c) Green asks if anyone has heard from him
(d) Sanders says he saw him in Shanghai

4. Where were Rutherford and Conway traveling together?
(a) Tokyo
(b) Honolulu
(c) Siam
(d) Indonesia

5. How does Conway get away from Rutherford in Honolulu?
(a) he jumps ship and goes into hiding
(b) he gets a job on a whaling ship out of Japan
(c) he stowes away on a ship returning to China
(d) he joins the crew of a banana boat going south to Fiji

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Conway described?

2. What does Rutherford give Green?

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

4. Where had Rutherford found Conway?

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

(see the answer key)

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