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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Pym wishing when he turns away from Eva?
(a) That the phone would stop ringing.
(b) That Eva would be quiet.
(c) That he could drink until he was drunk.
(d) That he was a better liar.

2. What does the high school building remind Ivy Peniston of?
(a) The hospital where she gave birth to Jerome.
(b) The buildings on a Navy base.
(c) An asylum for the criminally insane.
(d) Her own school building back in Bermuda.

3. In Chapter 7, what is Sarah most upset about?
(a) Finding the "bug" in the car.
(b) That they argued in front of the children.
(c) That Burnham had no principles.
(d) That Burnham ridiculed Sonja.

4. What has Mr. Pym done for Ivy in the past?
(a) Given her and Jerome extra work from time to time.
(b) He had gotten Ivy a United States Passport.
(c) Taken care of a customs problem in Bermuda.
(d) Loaned Ivy his car.

5. What does Burnham compare kissing Dyanna to?
(a) "As if a magazine model sprang to life and he kissed her".
(b) "To kiss her would be like a Beckett play to a college student."
(c) "Like a knight kissing his Queen".
(d) "Like kissing a Barbie doll."

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of meeting does Pym meet Louise at?

2. What does Eva want to do once she got home?

3. Who calls twice while Burnham and the President are talking?

4. What sort of whale oil is an effective lubricant for the trigger devices of a hydrogen bomb?

5. Where does Ivy Peniston get the idea that Jerome could cheat on his typing test?

(see the answer key)

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