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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rachel Owlglass do for a living in New York City?
(a) She is an interviewer at an employment firm.
(b) She is a dentist.
(c) She is a receptionist at a law firm.
(d) She is an accountant.

2. What is Lepsius wearing at the party?
(a) A cravat.
(b) A gun holster.
(c) A carmelian rose.
(d) Blue-tinted eyeglasses.

3. Where does Benny get an interview?
(a) Subway station.
(b) Underground Metro.
(c) Restaurant.
(d) Outlandish Records.

4. What is the name of the owner of the bar in Norfolk, Virginia?
(a) Benny.
(b) Pappy Hod.
(c) Mrs. Boffo.
(d) Paola.

5. What apparently had Paola done by marrying Pappy Hod?
(a) Come to America.
(b) Cheat on her husband.
(c) Overcome her alcoholism.
(d) Fall in love.

6. Who is Goodfellow?
(a) A British spy.
(b) Her father's code name.
(c) An Englishman that Victoria is secretly having an affair with.
(d) An English wrestler living in Egypt.

7. Where are rumors of a spy called the Gaucho going around?
(a) The Foreign Legion.
(b) The British embassy.
(c) The Venezuelan consulate.
(d) The White House.

8. Who is Alice?
(a) The daughter of the ambassador.
(b) The missing child of Sir Wren.
(c) A young girl who Maxwell once loved that Victoria reminds him of.
(d) A British opera singer.

9. What collapses on Evan as he tries to leave the building?
(a) His lungs.
(b) The door.
(c) Stairs.
(d) The box.

10. Who does Angel hit in the clubhouse?
(a) Benny.
(b) His sister.
(c) Mildred.
(d) Paola.

11. Who are the members of the Whole Sick Crew?
(a) Pig, Benny, Rachel, Mrs. Boor.
(b) Sloane, Slab, Benny, and Rachel.
(c) Slab, Raoul, Melvin, Winsome, Charisma, and Fu.
(d) Benny, Joon, Rachel, and Paola.

12. When Captain Hugh leaves Victoria's room, who does he see in a florist shop outside?
(a) Profane.
(b) Victoria.
(c) Signor Mantissa.
(d) Gaucho.

13. What are the two men planning to do that a third man called Gaucho disagrees with?
(a) To start a war.
(b) To enter the Uffizi and steal a painting.
(c) To kidnap the wine owner's daughter.
(d) To enter a cooking competition.

14. What happens during "suck hour" at the bar?
(a) Seamen curl up and sleep.
(b) Everyone gets a lollipop.
(c) Sailors can drink from rubber breasts attached to beer taps.
(d) People fight over drinks.

15. Who does Evan Godolphin go to visit in April 1899?
(a) His seaman, Stencil.
(b) His father, Captain Hugh.
(c) His friend, Joseph Profane.
(d) His mother, V.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is a patient of Dr. Schoenmaker that Rachel pays the bill for?

2. Who does Waldetar see crying?

3. Who is the competitor for Lepsius's business?

4. What does Rachel say that Stencil wrote in his note?

5. What are Mantissa, Cesare, and the Gaucho about to do when Mantissa has a change of heart, forcing them all to flee?

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