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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Hoover and his aide discussing in this section?
(a) Murder rates.
(b) Crime figures.
(c) Holiday destinations.
(d) Romancing women.

2. Where does Klara visit while Miles talks to an Israeli gangster?
(a) Watts Tower.
(b) Beverly Hills.
(c) Universal Studios.
(d) MGM Studios.

3. Where is Nick in November 1952?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Phoenix.
(c) Queens.
(d) Staatsburg.

4. Why does Marian say she is crying in this section?
(a) It is the anniversary of her mother's death.
(b) Nick doesn't love her.
(c) She has a hair in her eye.
(d) She is afraid of war and bombs.

5. Where are Miles and Klara in part four chapter three?
(a) Times Square.
(b) Madison Gardens.
(c) The White House.
(d) The Radio City Hall.

6. Why does Matt say his work is important?
(a) He protects America from its enemies.
(b) He helps safe guard the nation.
(c) He makes weapns safer to handle.
(d) He is prolonging world peace.

7. What does Nick's psychologist keep trying to get Nick to talk about?
(a) His father's disappearance.
(b) His sister's death.
(c) The murder.
(d) His life at school.

8. What kind of pilot is Louis T. Bakey?
(a) A concorde pilot.
(b) A B52 pilot.
(c) A spitfire pilot.
(d) A red arrow pilot.

9. What crisis occurred in October 1952?
(a) The Cuban Missile Crisis.
(b) The Fleet Street Crisis.
(c) The Russian Nuclear Crisis.
(d) The Wall Street Crisis.

10. In which state is Normal?
(a) Washington.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Maryland.
(d) New York.

11. Who does Nick take to his room in this section?
(a) Jesse.
(b) Sims.
(c) Marian.
(d) Donna.

12. Which of the following places does Matt say the government store nuclear weapons?
(a) Hollowed out mountains.
(b) In rivers.
(c) In huge underground warehouses.
(d) In lakes.

13. Where does Nick drive to with Sim and Jesse?
(a) A garbage center.
(b) A strip club.
(c) A landfill.
(d) A desert.

14. Why do Manx's friends think he will struggle to sell the baseball?
(a) It is too dirty.
(b) He can't prove it is the same ball.
(c) It's leather is coming off.
(d) It is a cheap make.

15. Where is Ismael riding a train to in this section?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Queens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Nick spend time in a juvenile center?

2. What character in part four has just turned 54?

3. Where is Lenny Bruce performing at the end of this section?

4. Where did Wright get off his boat instead of San Francisco?

5. Who buys Manx's baseball?

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