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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the interpreter drink during dinner?

2. Who are Marukakis and Latimer going to see at the end of Chapter 5?

3. What is Dimitrios' last name?

4. What language does Irana speak to Marukakis and Latimer?

5. What name do they find Dimitrios under?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Latimer and Marukakis first meet Irana, what is her reaction to their inquiries? How does this change?

2. Who helps Latimer find the refugee records of Dimitrios? What name does Latimer find him under?

3. What crime does Colonel Haki read to Latimer, who says it would take courage to perform? What does Colonel Haki say about this?

4. What did Latimer do for the first fifteen years of his adult life? How did this change?

5. How did Dimitrios double-cross Peters and the rest of the crew? Who is the body in the photograph Peters shows Latimer?

6. What does Latimer enclose in his anonymous letter to the police? Why does he do this?

7. Who does Latimer meet when he is in Istanbul? What characteristics does the man have? What does Latimer learn about the man later?

8. What type of information does Latimer's contact in Sofia give him? How is this connected to Dimitrios?

9. Who was Peters in business with when he first met Dimitrios? What was his first impression of Dimitrios?

10. What is different about the format of Chapter 9? What language does Latimer write in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Think about the history of the city of Smyrna. Why do you think the author chose to include this long history in the novel? How is it essential to the plot? Make sure you work closely with the text.

Essay Topic 2

Mr. Peters is an important character in the novel. How is he an example of the theme of mystery in the novel? Write an essay about the role of Mr. Peters in the novel, being sure to address his place in the spectrum of good and evil in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

The preparations that Latimer and Peters make when meeting Dimtrios are intricate and well-planned. Write an essay on these precautions and why they are taken. Do their precautions provide them with a sense of security? Why/ why not?

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