1. Which of the following prices does Bibi note the Issyk-Kulistan bread mix samples fetch at sale?
(a) 6 euros.
(b) 60 euros.
(c) 100 euros.
(d) 50 euros.

2. Which of the following does Christie keep in his suitcase?
(a) Shampoo.
(b) Toothpaste.
(c) Medications.
(d) Body wash.

3. Which of the following does Anwar note the Issyk-Kulistan tourist brochures display?
(a) Goats.
(b) Bison.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Yaks.

4. Which of the following does the novel describe as “intent on milking a public purse that no longer had a solid tax base with which to pay” (82)?
(a) Secondary education.
(b) Trade education.
(c) Primary education.
(d) Higher education.

5. The comment that it would be better to replace operations “than to try to nurse the emphysemic mafia hold-over out of its intensive care bed and back into a wheelchair” (73) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Synecdoche.
(d) Simile..

Short Answer Questions

1. In the phrase “You realized it was a shoo-in when you clocked you were the only candidate they’d bothered to fly out for the interview” (27), the word “clocked” carries which of the following meanings?

2. Which of the following does the novel describe as “intent on milking a public purse that no longer had a solid tax base with which to pay” (82)?

3. Which of the following is the first to greet Liz as she reaches the scene of Blair’s death?

4. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?

5. The phrase “the latest scuttlebutt about Dickie’s dastardly deviant’s demise” (47) offers an example of which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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