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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. How long is Wormold in Santiago?

2. Wormold tells Milly that he is beginning a new career as:

3. As the blind Negro walks, he:

4. A cable from London tells Wormold:

5. What does Wormold collect?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hawthorne agree to have the Secret Service pay for Wormold's Country Club membership?

2. What does Wormold do in response to his anger over what was done to Hasselbacher?

3. What does Mr. Wormold find when he enters his vacuum cleaner shop?

4. What indicates that Wormold didn't know what he was getting into when he accepted money from Hawthorne?

5. There is a scene at the Tropicana during Milly's party when a woman squirts Captain Segura with seltzer water. What does Wormold find out from the woman?

6. Why is there a curfew in Santiago?

7. Why does a nervous and excited Hasselbacher call Wormold and tell him to come over to his home?

8. How does Hawthorne present Wormold to his Chief in London?

9. What word is Mr. Wormold worried about with his vacuum cleaner business?

10. When Wormold writes to his sister, what does he tell her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate the Chief's handling of the Havana situation? Do you think he did the right thing with the message that the constructions were a failure? What would have happened if he didn't devise this plan?

Essay Topic 2

Wormold was motivated by greed. He accepted the job from Hawthorne for the money so he could give Milly the things that she wanted. Do you blame Wormold for this? Do you think he should have learned to say no to Milly and others?

Essay Topic 3

When Wormold met with Hawthorne, he didn't ask any questions. Do you think Wormold understood what was expected of him? Did the money influence Wormold?

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