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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Green, Rutherford, and Tertius have in common?
(a) they are British agents
(b) they are old school chums
(c) they are all traveling to Baskul
(d) they are all novelists

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

3. What does Sanders say happened that has never been explained?
(a) one of the planes could not get off the ground
(b) it snowed in Baskul the day the planes left
(c) a strange Tibetan monk got on one plane
(d) a plane with three passengers disappeared

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Conway unconcerned about when they will arrive in Preshawar?

2. As they take off, what does Mallinson observe and mention to Conway?

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

4. Where is the opening scene of the novel?

5. Where had Rutherford found Conway?

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