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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Paul drive to Milan?
(a) He is to pick up more spending money there.
(b) Its airport is less likely to be watched.
(c) He must meet Molly there.
(d) He is to meet Webster there.

2. How does the kidnapping go?
(a) Botched.
(b) Easy.
(c) Difficult.
(d) They had to kill several people.

3. What does Paul hand over to Ruiz?
(a) His gun.
(b) CHF 20,000 from Do.
(c) Information from Yu.
(d) Information from the Ngo head.

4. Who drops through a manhole cover which Paul then closes?
(a) Dieter.
(b) Pigeon.
(c) Glavanis.
(d) Eycken.

5. What is fine and poetic in a rare idiom?
(a) Paul's poetry.
(b) The letters from the Turong toc.
(c) Some poetry Paul finds while in Milan.
(d) The strips from Yu.

6. What does Tom say is a mistake?
(a) Going to Washington, D. C. with the evidence.
(b) Leaving behind a trail of angry Vietnamese.
(c) Being with Molly.
(d) Coming to Zermatt.

7. Who is Alvaro Urpi?
(a) An agent with the KGB.
(b) A Cardinal in Bavaria.
(c) One of the four men Yu refers to.
(d) A 40-year veteran of the Vatican Library and an expert in all dialects of Chinese.

8. What does Turnbull do with Paul's evidence?
(a) Burns it.
(b) Sends it to the FBI.
(c) Sends it to the President.
(d) Files it away to think about it.

9. For what does Yu use feng shui?
(a) To arrange his table for readings.
(b) To decide where to move his front door.
(c) To set up his readings for Diem and Nhu.
(d) To plot the most propitious place to kill JFK.

10. What kind of ring does Paul buy Molly?
(a) Sapphire.
(b) Opal.
(c) Diamond.
(d) Ruby.

11. Why does Paul panic when he first arrives at his apartment in Rome?
(a) He cannot find the documents he has collected in his investigation.
(b) He cannot find Molly.
(c) He has a flashback.
(d) He cannot find his secret stash of money.

12. Of what does the Truong toc warn Paul?
(a) That Yu was paid to give misleading information.
(b) That the Ngo family has bought a contract on Molly.
(c) That Paul will never find traces of Truong toc in this mystery.
(d) That the Ngo family has bought a contract on him.

13. About what does Molly worry?
(a) Being involved in something she cannot control.
(b) A trap.
(c) Nothing as she trusts Paul to keep her safe.
(d) Killing the wrong person.

14. To whom is one of the men who is also a foreigner predisposed?
(a) The Illuminati.
(b) Ma A Phien, the opium ghost.
(c) Ngo Diem.
(d) The Catholic church.

15. Of what does Dimpel take photographs?
(a) Five documents.
(b) A passport.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A medal given to Oswald by the Ngo family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Klimenko want?

2. Where is Paul when Chapter 14 opens?

3. What is the meaning of feng shui in Asia?

4. Where does Frankie Pigeon need to be picked up?

5. What is secondary in Paul's investigation?

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