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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. What does Tony miss while he is drugged?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The marriage of Mr. Todd and a village woman.
(c) The arrival and departure of a search party.
(d) A letter from Brenda.

2. Who ends up going with Dr. Messinger and Tony?
(a) No one.
(b) Ten men.
(c) Rosa.
(d) A group of the villagers.

3. Where does Tony meet his traveling companion?
(a) The theater.
(b) The London Museum.
(c) The Greville Club.
(d) At a party at Jock's home.

4. Where is Jenny going?
(a) To Wales.
(b) To the theater.
(c) To Polly Cockpurse's where Brenda is.
(d) To France.

5. Where is Tony and Messinger's second base camp?
(a) At the border of the Pie-Wie country.
(b) Near the mouth of the Wausau River.
(c) Deep into Pie-Wie territory.
(d) Near a huge waterfall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What letter does Tony receive from Brenda on Monday?

2. Who does Jock find at Jenny's flat?

3. What are the legal ramifications of John Andrew's death?

4. How does Mrs. Rattery try to distract Tony while waiting for Jock and Brenda?

5. Where does Messinger want to go?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Tony again entrusted his life to someone for whom that trust is not valid?

2. How does Brenda take the news of her son's death?

3. How does Reggie present the situation about Brenda to Tony?

4. What are the indications that Tony may still be plagued by a "curse" or bad luck?

5. What is the symbolic significance of the first book that Tony reads?

6. What seems to be contrasted in this chapter?

7. How does Brenda use the death of her son to justify her request for a divorce?

8. What is Tony's position in Brenda's social circle by the end of this chapter?

9. How is it that Tony seems to be the "bad" guy in a number of ways?

10. Why does Tony have to appear to be in the wrong?

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