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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has employed Brita for her latest assignment?
(a) A French magazine.
(b) The American government.
(c) A German magazine.
(d) The British government.

2. Where does George Haddard approach Bill and Charlie?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A bar.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A cafe.

3. What does Scott think about reorganizing?
(a) His diary.
(b) His address book.
(c) Bill's photographs.
(d) Reader mail.

4. What passes by Brita's window at the end of the novel?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A demonstration.
(d) An army.

5. What does Scott clean in this section?
(a) Bill's room.
(b) Bill's bathroom.
(c) Bill's typewriter.
(d) Bill's underwear.

6. Where does Karen think Bill has gone?
(a) Brita's apartment.
(b) Liz's apartment.
(c) Beirut.
(d) England.

7. What does Bill say he devoutly wants to be?
(a) Forgotten.
(b) A good person.
(c) In love.
(d) A good writer.

8. What is Brita surprised to see when she is talking to Rashid?
(a) Western food.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A television.
(d) Mail.

9. What accent does Karen imitate while in bed with Scott?
(a) The Lebanese accent.
(b) The British accent.
(c) The Chicago accent.
(d) The New York accent.

10. What does Scott think he will tell Charlie about the manuscript?
(a) It has been destroyed.
(b) It will never be completed.
(c) It's finished.
(d) It was never started.

11. Why does Brita not like the stories she is being told?
(a) They are boring.
(b) They have no humor.
(c) They are too long.
(d) They are not very colorful.

12. With what do the vets diagnose Bill?
(a) A weak heart.
(b) A lacerated kidney.
(c) Cancer.
(d) A lacerated liver.

13. What does George worry Bill and Charlie about?
(a) Their drinking habits.
(b) Another bomb.
(c) Their potential deaths.
(d) A World War.

14. What does Bill do after Liz goes to bed?
(a) Reads a book.
(b) Phones his ex-wife.
(c) Watches a film.
(d) Writes notes for his book.

15. Whose apartment does Karen use as her home base in this section?
(a) Bill's.
(b) Liz's.
(c) Denise's.
(d) Brita's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rashid tell Brita he doesn't want to hear about?

2. Who does Bill think about just before he dies?

3. What dictator does the Beatles song mention?

4. Who does the hostage say tortures him?

5. Whose consent does Brita say she needs to publish the photos?

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