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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) a desolate frontier
(b) gasoline trucks
(c) black figures moving about
(d) only runway lights

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

3. What is the subject of Green's book that Rutherford read?
(a) neurology
(b) phrenology
(c) cosmology
(d) psychology

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

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Mother superior say about Conway?

2. When he wakes up, what does Conway see out his window?

3. How is Conway described?

4. What does the American attempt to do?

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

(see the answer key)

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