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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 would be a famous pianist
(b) that he might write a great novel
(c) that he would scale Mt. Everest
(d) that he might become the PM of England

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

3. What do the men do in the plane after giving up plans to take out the pilot?
(a) plan what to do when they land
(b) have a cigar
(c) go immediately to sleep
(d) start to drink brandy

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

5. Why does Rutherford say he read Green's book?
(a) because Conway may have phantasmagoria
(b) because Conway may have amnesia
(c) because Conway may have hypochondria
(d) because Conway may have ambrosia

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On board the ship to Honolulu, what does Conway play on the piano?

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

4. Where is the opening scene of the novel?

5. How does Conway get away from Rutherford in Honolulu?

(see the answer key)

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