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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where do Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man abandon their cart?
(a) The edge of a cottonfield.
(b) A ditch.
(c) The edge of a cornfield.
(d) In the woods.

3. Who picks up Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man when they make it to the sea?
(a) The shippers.
(b) The Persephone.
(c) The CIA.
(d) The FBI.

4. What does Mrs. Pollifax learn the location of while on her daily walk?
(a) A radio tower.
(b) A missile site.
(c) A shopping center.
(d) A deli cart.

5. What does Mrs. Pollifax realize she and the others are working as during their escape?
(a) A team.
(b) Relatives.
(c) Friends.
(d) Enemies.

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

7. 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.

8. Who is seriously wounded in their attempt to steal a boat?
(a) The Chinese man.
(b) Mrs. Pollifax.
(c) Vassovic.
(d) Farrell.

9. Who does Farrell shoot during he and Mrs. Pollifax's escape?
(a) General Hoong.
(b) Vassovic.
(c) Lulash.
(d) Perdido.

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

11. Who steals General Hoong's gun?
(a) Lulash.
(b) Mrs. Pollifax.
(c) Farrell.
(d) Vassovic.

12. What kind of spy does Farrell believe Adem to be?
(a) A Japanese spy.
(b) A Russian spy.
(c) A Chinese spy.
(d) An American spy.

13. Who says that they never trusted Adem?
(a) The Chinese prisoner.
(b) Lulash.
(c) Farrell.
(d) Mrs. Pollifax.

14. What type of song is sung by Lulash when General Hoong arrives?
(a) A lullaby.
(b) A harmonious melody.
(c) A subversive song.
(d) A vigorous song with drums.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man steal in order to help in their escape?

2. What item does Adem tell MRs. Pollifax and Farrell to leave behind when they escape?

3. What does Mrs. Pollifax say that she is not?

4. What is Mrs. Pollifax allowed to do during her daily walk in Chapter 16?

5. Who lives with the woman who sees Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man escaping?

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