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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. Who is Mildred?
(a) Victoria's mother.
(b) Victoria's aunt.
(c) Victoria's nemesis.
(d) Victoria's sister.

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

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

4. Who calls Benny's name on the loudspeaker at the bus station?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Paola.
(c) Pig.
(d) Mary.

5. Why did Victoria part with her father and her sister?
(a) To do her duties as a royal spy.
(b) Because they discovered her affair with Goodfellow.
(c) To conduct a secret ceremony.
(d) To meet up with her lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is V.'s strange reaction to the riots at the embassy that Evan notices and seems to understand?

2. What does Rachel do that Benny is afraid of?

3. What is a strange habit of the seaman who Benny recognizes in the bar from the Navy?

4. What is the name of the dentist who treats Stencil?

5. What is Vheissu?

Short Essay Questions

1. What appears to be a problem in Rachel and Benny's relationship?

2. Why does Profane leave his friends?

3. What is Benny's new job at the end of Chapter 1 and how does he get it?

4. Who are the two Englishmen at the cafe in Egypt that a waiter overhears talking about Victoria Wren?

5. Why does Esther fall in love with her plastic surgeon?

6. Why does Rachel go to see Dr. Schoenmaker's profession and why does it upset her?

7. What is Fairing's Parish and how did it get its name?

8. Why does Stencil go to the dentist and what does he discover?

9. What happens when Benny goes to the ferry and meets Paola?

10. Describe Waldetar.

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