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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On board the ship to Honolulu, what does Conway play on the piano?
(a) Irish folk songs
(b) all the old British and American balads
(c) lively pieces he says were written by Chopin
(d) what he remembers of Mozart

2. Why are the British evacuating white residents from Baskul to Peshawar?
(a) there are flood waters in Baskul
(b) more people are needed in Peshawar
(c) there is an outbreak of malaria in Baskul
(d) the political situation is worsening in Baskul

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

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

5. As the plane continues on its odd course, what does Conway do?
(a) he starts to panic
(b) he tries to think of something to talk about
(c) he falls asleep
(d) he begins singing

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mallinson believe when the plane takes off a second time?

2. What does Rutherford give Green?

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

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

5. What does the Mother superior say about Conway?

(see the answer key)

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