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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Madness of War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Merrett's killer's two former professional positions?
(a) Qualified surgeon and police officer..
(b) Army officer and qualified surgeon.
(c) Professor and army officer.
(d) Police officer and professor.

2. What kind of work did the Minors do in Ceylon?
(a) Tea plantation.
(b) Missionary.
(c) Coconut farming.
(d) Coffee plantation.

3. What did Judith do professionally?
(a) She was a missionary.
(b) She was a house wife.
(c) She was a cook for the Ceylon military.
(d) She was a schoolteacher.

4. Lucy was born to the Minors __________after William's birth.
(a) Six years.
(b) One year.
(c) Two years.
(d) Three years.

5. How were Minor's and Murray's families similar?
(a) They were both poor.
(b) They both ignored each man as a child.
(c) They did not have a father figure.
(d) They were both deeply pious.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, The Man Who Taught Latin to Cattle, who is introduced as the first protagonist?

2. When was Murray born?

3. At what time where the three shots fired in the opening of the book?

4. When was Minor born?

5. What two words did the author use to describe the Minor family's beliefs?

(see the answer key)

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