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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carstairs work on in order to find out where Perdido took Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell?
(a) A trap.
(b) Intelligence reports.
(c) A telegram.
(d) A radio report.

2. What does Mrs. Pollifax steal from Adem?
(a) A book.
(b) A gun.
(c) A knife.
(d) Food.

3. Who does Carstairs tell Mrs. Pollifax that they knew they were in danger before they were killed?
(a) Perdido.
(b) Senor DeGamez.
(c) Vassovic.
(d) Lulash.

4. Who suggests scaling down a cliff in order to escape?
(a) Mrs. Pollifax.
(b) Lulash.
(c) The Chinese prisoner.
(d) Farrell.

5. What does Carstairs have Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell do when thy first arrive in the United States after their rescue?
(a) Speak on a radio newscast about their capture.
(b) Record the basic facts of their capture on tape.
(c) Eat and sleep.
(d) Speak to the media about their capture.

6. Who learns there is a great deal of activity going on in the area of a lake near the Yugoslavian border?
(a) Farrell.
(b) Lulash.
(c) Mrs. Pollifax.
(d) Carstairs.

7. What does Mrs. Pollifax hear during her morning walk in Chapter 16?
(a) Music.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Radio static.
(d) Gun shots.

8. What do Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man intend to use as a raft?
(a) A piece of plastic.
(b) A log.
(c) A floating box.
(d) A tree branch.

9. What becomes clear will be the fate of Farrell after his injuries?
(a) He will live.
(b) He will die.
(c) He will have splints for the rest of his life.
(d) He will be crippled for the rest of his life.

10. Who meets Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man at the dock in order to rescue them?
(a) Agent Penny Holt.
(b) Agent Ben Halstead.
(c) Roger.
(d) Carstairs.

11. Who do Farrell and Mrs. Pollifax believe the Chinese man will do?
(a) Hurt them.
(b) Kill them.
(c) Help them.
(d) Betray them.

12. What does Mrs. Pollifax refuse to do involving her escape?
(a) Take Farrell with her.
(b) Leave the Chinese prisoner behind.
(c) Leave Farrell behind.
(d) Take the Chinese prisoner with her.

13. What does Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man want to use in order to make faster progress in their escape?
(a) A car.
(b) A buggy.
(c) A boat.
(d) Horses.

14. Where does Mrs. Pollifax go when she returns to the United States?
(a) Vermont.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) San Francisco.

15. Who crashes a car into a tree?
(a) Farrell.
(b) Mrs. Pollifax.
(c) Lulash.
(d) The Chinese man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is planning a party?

2. What is tossed into Mrs. Pollifax's cell while she is out on her daily walk?

3. Who does Mrs. Pollifax reassure that she is fine at the end of the novel?

4. Who takes Mrs. Pollifax for her daily walk?

5. What does Mrs. Pollifax call the two rocks she is able to bring into her cell?

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