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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following had been Blair’s prisoner number?
(a) 972284.
(b) 186282.
(c) 20211112.
(d) 8675309.

2. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?
(a) Logan.
(b) Liam.
(c) Luke.
(d) Leo.

3. Which of the following topics does the Gnome advise Anwar to avoid at the Georgian consulate?
(a) The Transylvanian dispute.
(b) The Transnistrian alliance.
(c) The Transnistrian dispute.
(d) The Turkmenistani dispute.

4. 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) Synecdoche.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile..
(d) Allegory.

5. Which of the following titles is ascribed to MacLeish?
(a) Chief Inspector.
(b) Detective Inspector.
(c) Chief Detective Inspector.
(d) Detective Chief Inspector.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following languages are represented on the brew shop’s website Anwar peruses?

2. Blair is revealed to have been on which of the following drugs?

3. Which of the following does Anwar note the Issyk-Kulistan tourist brochures display?

4. Which of the following types of plane does Kemal use to arrive in Edinburgh?

5. Which of the following does Christie keep in his suitcase?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does the Toymaker cite for the Operation avoiding killing?

2. What reasons does the Toymaker give for avoiding travel by plane?

3. What does Liz note had been the crime or crimes leading to Blair’s arrest?

4. How is Liz’s police unit justified?

5. What reasons does Liz note for not working in CopSpace while riding a bus?

6. What does Liz cite as a reason not to harangue passing bicyclists as she leaves the scene of Blair’s death?

7. What information does Anwar note comes in the bulletins from Issyk-Kulistan?

8. What is the Morningside Cannibals case in the novel?

9. What factors are cited as having ended large drug cartels in the novel’s history?

10. What reasons does Liz give for preferring work life to life at home?

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