The Secret Agent Quiz

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What is it the professor tells Ossipon he must sometimes do in seeking his goal? (from Chapter 4)

Skip meals for a day or two, as bomb components are expensive.

Seek funds from revolutionary groups.

Work various extra jobs to pay for bomb components.

Rent a very small apartment and scrimp on money.

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

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.

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

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

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 Austrian and married to a woman seven years his senior.

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 both a spy and an explosives expert.

What mode of transport are Ossipon and the professor aboard as they head to the Silenus in Chapter 13? (from Chapter 13)

In the lower half of an omnibus.

A horse-drawn hansom.

A tram.

Atop an omnibus.

When it becomes apparent during their confrontation that Winnie wants to leave him, what does Mr. Verloc say to get a response from her? (from Chapter 11)

He might not have been caught if not for Winnie having sewn the name label into her brother's cap, but he forgives her.

He might not have been caught if not for Winnie having sewn the name label into her brother's coat, but he forgives her.

He might not have been caught if not for Winnie having spoken with the assistant commissioner, but he forgives her.

He might not have been caught if not for Winnie having spoken with Chief Inspector Heat, but he forgives her.