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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the cathedral?
(a) St. Nicolas' Cathedral.
(b) St. Paul's Cathedral.
(c) St. Thomas Cathedral.
(d) St. Patrick's Cathedral.

2. In Book 3, Chapter 13, what time does the black box go off?
(a) 8 a.m.
(b) 6 a.m.
(c) 9 p.m.
(d) 5 p.m.

3. After receiving a phone call, what does Dan Morgan hang out the window?
(a) A black towel.
(b) A green shamrock flag.
(c) An Irish flag.
(d) A white sheet.

4. What food does MacCumail want sent in?
(a) Chicken wings and cole slaw.
(b) Bacon and eggs.
(c) Burgers and beers.
(d) Corned beef and cabbage.

5. What does Bellini do with the Morse code message from the confessional?
(a) Begins to devise a plan to enter the cathedral.
(b) Shoots in tear gas to the cathedral.
(c) Sends a message back.
(d) Immediately fires on the terrorists.

6. In Book 4 Chapter 29, who does Flynn offer to let go?
(a) Baxter.
(b) Father Murphy.
(c) Maureen.
(d) The Cardinal.

7. How long does MacCumail give for his demands to be met?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Sunrise.
(c) Noon.
(d) Six hours.

8. In Book 3, Chapter 10, who does Maureen think an assassin will try to kill today?
(a) Burke.
(b) Herself.
(c) Baxter.
(d) Finn MacCumail.

9. In Book 4, Chapter 21, why does Megan draw a gun on Maureen?
(a) Megan finds out about Maureen and Brian.
(b) She tries to escape.
(c) She badmouths the Fenians.
(d) Maureen draws a gun on Megan first.

10. After Flynn and the Cardinal talk about secret passages, where do Father Murphy and Maureen go?
(a) To the front of the cathedral.
(b) To the choir loft.
(c) Into the church office.
(d) Into the confessional.

11. Who is Captain Bert Schroeder?
(a) An old friend of Brain Flynn.
(b) The head negotiator.
(c) An IRA informant.
(d) The Mayor's assistant.

12. What is Brian dressed as in the opening of Book 2?
(a) A priest.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A banker.
(d) A police officer.

13. After Maureen leaves the hotel, who does she feel is in the area?
(a) Jack Ferguson.
(b) Brian Flynn.
(c) Sheila Malone.
(d) Sir Harold Baxter.

14. Where does the book begin?
(a) In a military academy in England.
(b) In a cathedral in New York.
(c) In a prison in Ireland.
(d) In a cottage outside of Belfast.

15. What does MacCumail want, or else he will burn down the altar?
(a) The names of everyone with the negotiator.
(b) All the keys to the cathedral.
(c) A map of the cathedral.
(d) An escape helicopter on the roof.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Spiegal think will agree to the terrorists' demands?

2. What does Maureen try to tell Burke when he brings in food?

3. Who fires the first shot to kill the British soldiers?

4. Who in the rectory has information on Megan?

5. What do the Fenians know about Jack Ferguson?

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