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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mrs. Pollifax go in order to show a letter of introduction?
(a) Langley, Virginia.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) Mexico City, Mexico.
(d) New York, NY.

2. Who does Mrs. Pollifax feel looks down upon her?
(a) Mrs. Hartshorne.
(b) Mrs. Hearth.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her daughter.

3. What time is it when the airplane containing Mrs. Pollifax descends?
(a) Mid morning
(b) Night time.
(c) Sunset.
(d) Sunrise.

4. Who has helped smuggle guns in to Castro?
(a) Farrell.
(b) Roger.
(c) Roger.
(d) Senor DeGamez.

5. Who tries to figure out where their captor is taking them?
(a) Farrell.
(b) Senor DeGamez.
(c) Carstairs.
(d) Roger.

6. What does Mrs. Pollifax realize she has never been?
(a) A crazy person.
(b) A sensible person.
(c) A fun person.
(d) An outrageous person.

7. What best describes the location that Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell are finally taken to?
(a) Leafy; stucco buildings.
(b) Hot; tents only.
(c) Desolate; stone buildings.
(d) Desolate; no building.

8. What does Mrs. Pollifax see in the backroom of the bookstore that causes her to become worried?
(a) A knife.
(b) A broken television set.
(c) An empty bird cage.
(d) Blood.

9. What does Mrs. Pollifax ask Farrell in Chapter 9?
(a) If he knows Carstairs.
(b) If he believes the cell is bugged.
(c) If he knows their location.
(d) If he knows who she is.

10. Who does Mrs. Pollifax encounter when arrives home after her doctor's appointment?
(a) Mrs. Hartshorne.
(b) Mrs. Duffy.
(c) Mrs. Kleber.
(d) Mrs. Hearth.

11. Where does Mrs. Pollifax stay in Mexico City?
(a) Hotel Intercontinental.
(b) Hotel Casablanca.
(c) Hotel Reforma Intercontinental.
(d) Bonjourno Hotel.

12. Who is expected to be behind the kidnapping of Mrs. Pollifax?
(a) Senor DeGamez.
(b) Carstairs.
(c) General Perdido.
(d) Roger.

13. Where is Mrs. Pollifax when the story begins?
(a) In her living room on the phone.
(b) Her daughter's living room.
(c) Church.
(d) The doctor's office.

14. What does Mrs. Pollifax realize when she leaves the bookstore?
(a) She made a mistake.
(b) She is nervous to go back.
(c) All of the above.
(d) The man she spoke with is Senor DeGamez.

15. In what year does Farrell become a spy?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1936.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who believes Mrs. Pollifax does not have a chance of survival during her capture?

2. What does Mrs. Pollifax learn is the true identity of the person she believes to be Senor DeGamez?

3. Who is taken by Mrs. Pollifax's appearance?

4. Who is the first person Mrs. Pollifax is taken to see during her captivity?

5. Who does Mrs. Pollifax recall a story of in Chapter 1?

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