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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Silas decide to do to win Lydia back from Joao?
(a) Speak rationally to Lydia.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Enlist the help of Mikey to bring Lydia back home.
(d) Challenge Joao to a fistfight.

2. Now that she has started working a new job, what does Lydia speak of wanting to purchase?
(a) A new computer.
(b) A new home.
(c) A new diamond ring.
(d) A new car.

3. Where was Vinu's father when Michael shot him?
(a) At the ocean.
(b) Near a construction site.
(c) In the garden.
(d) At the grocery store .

4. How many children does Du Boise have with his wife?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

5. Whom does Michael bribe to say that he was not in the vicinity of Du Boise's murder, should the police ask?
(a) The local soldiers.
(b) The Imam.
(c) The taxi drivers.
(d) The shop owners.

6. Who kills the British soldier that attacked Hajera?
(a) Ali Ali.
(b) Haroon.
(c) Hajera.
(d) Sadrodien.

7. What does Lydia decide to give to Silas for his fiftieth birthday?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A diary.
(c) A divorce.
(d) A new car.

8. Where did Michael decide to point the gun when he shot Vinu's father?
(a) In the stomach.
(b) In the back.
(c) In the chest.
(d) In the head.

9. What look does Du Boise have on his face at the moment Michael shoots him?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Anger.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Horror.

10. When Lydia enters Mikey's room, what does she realize he has been stealing and collecting?
(a) Files.
(b) Books.
(c) Photographs.
(d) Jewels.

11. Which of the following is NOT a physical change Silas's mother endured after meeting Du Boise?
(a) She began to shrink.
(b) She began to go deaf.
(c) She began to grow frail.
(d) She began to have breathing problems.

12. Where did Du Boise work before entering the army?
(a) On a cotton farm.
(b) In a steel mill.
(c) On a fishing boat.
(d) In a diamond mine.

13. To which country does Michael hope to escape after the murders are complete?
(a) Canada.
(b) Russia.
(c) China.
(d) India.

14. What milestone birthday will Silas be celebrating in the year that the novel is set?
(a) His thirtieth birthday.
(b) His fiftieth birthday.
(c) His fortieth birthday.
(d) His sixtieth birthday.

15. In what country was Ali Ali born?
(a) China.
(b) Libya.
(c) India.
(d) Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joao ask Lydia to do at the party?

2. Which of the following is NOT something Silas feels he is completely incapable of doing with his family?

3. Where does Michael go to intercept Du Boise and to kill him?

4. How does Lydia hear about Du Boise's death?

5. Which of the following groups of people is NOT one that Silas meets with while writing the TRC report?

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