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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What military rank does Vicary hold?
(a) Captain.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) Major.
(d) Corporal.

2. How many bedrooms are upstairs in Jordan's London house?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

3. Where does Vicary procure headquarters for operation Kettledrum?
(a) Regent St.
(b) Pentonville Rd.
(c) West Halkin St.
(d) Portobello Rd.

4. Which opera does Hardegan recommend seeing that is starring Herbert Janssen?
(a) Lohengrin.
(b) Das Rheingold.
(c) Tristan und Isolde.
(d) Tannhauser.

5. Where was Anna born?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the sand come from that formed a beach at the back of the Lauterbach mansion?

2. What time is it when Catherine bumps into Peter Jordan?

3. In what language is Beatrice Pymm's murderer singing after stabbing Beatrice?

4. Vicary's area of expertise is nineteenth-century Europe, but what history does he have a secret passion for?

5. Why did Beatrice Pymm die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How will the information that Catherine collects from Jordan get to Germany?

2. What is the source of Vicary's despair at the beginning of Chapter 29?

3. On what type of food do the vast majority of British civilians survive the war?

4. Why is Sean Dogherty willing to betray England?

5. Why did Vogel burn his law books in 1933?

6. What does Vicary want to do now that they know that Catherine is a spy and has been getting information from Jordan?

7. Why is Peter Jordan living in a nice home rather than packed into a hotel or boardinghouse?

8. How did Beatrice's killer try to make Beatrice's death look accidental?

9. Who joins the British Home Guard and what do they arm themselves with?

10. Who is the Pelican?

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