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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs Pollifax remember she has when speaking with Carstairs?
(a) Her books.
(b) Her purse.
(c) A deck of cards.
(d) Her wallet.

2. What is Mrs. Pollifax allowed to do during her daily walk in Chapter 16?
(a) Listen to music.
(b) Go outside the perimeters of the camp.
(c) Walk alone.
(d) Eat.

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

4. Who tells Farrell and Mrs. Pollifax that Perdido is to arrive in two days?
(a) Adem.
(b) Vassovic.
(c) The Chinese prisoner.
(d) Lulash.

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

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

7. What will Farrell need in order to escape?
(a) A crutch.
(b) Food.
(c) A bandage.
(d) A blanket.

8. What does Mrs. Pollifax convince Lulash and Vassovic to let her take to her cell?
(a) A pumpkin.
(b) A book.
(c) A sapling.
(d) An evergreen tree.

9. What do Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell discover on their escape?
(a) Horses.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Goats.
(d) Donkeys.

10. What do Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man see during their escape that tells them they are near water?
(a) A military plane.
(b) A military car.
(c) A military boat.
(d) A sea plane.

11. Who does Mrs. Pollifax invite into her home for tea at the end of the novel?
(a) Carstairs.
(b) Roger.
(c) Mrs. Hartshorne.
(d) Jane.

12. What does Mrs. Pollifax trade lipsticks for?
(a) A journal.
(b) A book of paper.
(c) A map.
(d) A compass.

13. Who is planning a party?
(a) General Hoong.
(b) General Perdido.
(c) Senor DeGamez.
(d) Lulash and Vassovic.

14. What is tossed into Mrs. Pollifax's cell while she is out on her daily walk?
(a) A coin.
(b) Food.
(c) A note.
(d) A book.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Pollifax hear during her morning walk in Chapter 16?

3. Who picks up Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man when they make it to the sea?

4. Who is to walk during the plan of escape?

5. What does Mrs. Pollifax plan to wrap in her petticoat to aid in her escape?

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