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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dogherty eat at a pub while he waits for the evening train?

2. What river does Neuman pass as he drives?

3. What is the name of the police boat that Vicary and his men take out on the water?

4. In Chapter 43, how many times has Catherine Blake photographed batches of Kettledrum documents?

5. What is the name of Jack Kincaid's boat?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Roach get into intelligence work?

2. How does Jenny stop the Camilla?

3. How is Neumann going to signal the U-boat?

4. Where does Helen stay and why?

5. How did Catherine injure Harry when he grabbed her radio?

6. What does Vicary say when Jordan asks him if he regrets not marrying?

7. Why does Vicary decide to pour his men and resources into Lincolnshire?

8. How does Vogel get his wife the funds she will need to live?

9. Where has Chief Superintendent Lockwood placed men to try to catch Neumann and Catherine?

10. Why does Mary say that Neumann killed Dogherty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 40, Vicary realizes that he has seen the real Boothby. The objective of this lesson is to compare the persona Boothby portrays and who he really is behind scenes.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, characters use deduction to come to various conclusions. Discuss how characters solve problems and come to conclusions by using deduction.

Essay Topic 3

Compare Pelican and Hawke and their roles in the British war effort. Are their roles related?

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