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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 15-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Darvot and Carnehan said that they had set their sights on a kingdom within what country?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Persia.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Iran.

2. The narrator noticed that Carnehan was feeling what emotion when presenting the contract for the narrator's perusal?
(a) Anticipation.
(b) Humility.
(c) Trepidation.
(d) Pride.

3. How many months of the year did the narrator say newspaper offices are often empty?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

4. The men who stood in the narrator's way said they had been sleeping in what location?
(a) In a hotel.
(b) In a hostel.
(c) In a carriage.
(d) In a ditch.

5. What was the coldest temperature the newspaper office ever reached, according to the narrator?
(a) 91 degrees.
(b) 84 degrees.
(c) 72 degrees.
(d) 100 degrees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what object did Carnehan and Dravot sit within the newspaper office?

2. The narrator was on a train leaving from what location?

3. The narrator offered Dravot and Carnehan what type of help if they would postpone their journey?

4. What objects of Carnehan's were filling "half the room" (15) in the newspaper office?

5. The narrator states on the first page of the story that he feared that his "King" (3) had met what fate?

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