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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What two things did Heat learn several months subsequent to his first encountering Mr. Verloc, when Heat again saw Mr. Verloc and the latter was followed? (from Chapter 6)

Mr. Verloc was a secret agent who lived in an affluent neighborhood.

Mr. Adolf Verloc's name and that he had gotten married that day.

Mr. Verloc was Austrian and married to a woman seven years his senior.

Mr. Verloc was both a spy and an explosives expert.

2.

How does Winnie learn Stevie was killed in the bombing earlier that day at Greenwich Park? (from Chapter 9)

Heat shows her Stevie's overcoat name tag and she reads the newspaper article about the bombing.

When Heat figures out it was Winnie's brother who was killed, he then delivers this news to her in person.

Winnie determines herself it was Stevie as her husband returned late without him and was acting strangely.

Winnie listened through the keyhole between the parlor and the kitchen when Heat interviewed her husband.

3.

When the assistant commissioner speaks with him early in the evening of the Greenwich Park blast, the secretary of state is in what condition? (from Chapter 7)

Acceptable, as it had been an easy workday.

Exhausted, having worked throughout the entire day.

Fine, as a secretary handled many administrative matters.

Well-rested, having taken a nap in the afternoon.

4.

In chapter 13, where is Ossipon found holding his head in between his fists at a window inside the professor's residence? (from Chapter 13)

At a kitchen table.

At a flower table.

At a coffee table.

At a deal table.

5.

What does Winnie request of her husband in response to his decision to go outside on the afternoon of his first day back from his trip? (from Chapter 9)

That he let Stevie go with him, as her brother is not allowed out unaccompanied.

That he let Winnie and Stevie visit their mother.

That he let Stevie accompany him along.

That he let both Winnie and Stevie accompany him as a family.

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