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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What agitates Stevie at breakfast on the morning Mr. Verloc returns from his trip?
(a) When a neighbor woman starts complaining about the discrimination in not allowing woman an equal vote.
(b) When a neighbor man starts complaining about the poor not being granted basic health care, and education and occupational training opportunities.
(c) When a neighbor woman starts complaining about the difficulties in raising children with little governmental support.
(d) When a neighbor woman starts complaining about the difficulties in raising children with little money.

2. What concerns Winnie when her brother is outside with Mr. Verloc in Chapter 9?
(a) That her brother will actually get lost and be unable to find his way back home.
(b) That Steve will encounter extremely bad weather and get deathly ill as a result.
(c) That her brother will attempt to run away and get to his mother's charity home at his first chane.
(d) The things Stevie will hear, and that they will encounter Mr. Verloc's friends.

3. Which type of fish does the assistant commissioner eventually tell Private Secretary Toodles he is pursuing in connection with the Greenwich Park bombing case on the evening of that incident?
(a) A minnow.
(b) A sardine.
(c) A whale.
(d) A dog-fish.

4. When it becomes apparent during their confrontation that Winnie wants to leave him, what does Mr. Verloc say to get a response from her?
(a) He might not have been caught if not for Winnie having spoken with Chief Inspector Heat, but he forgives her.
(b) He might not have been caught if not for Winnie having spoken with the assistant commissioner, but he forgives her.
(c) He might not have been caught if not for Winnie having sewn the name label into her brother's cap, but he forgives her.
(d) He might not have been caught if not for Winnie having sewn the name label into her brother's coat, but he forgives her.

5. What is Winnie concerned about while Mr. Verloc is on his trip in Chapter 9?
(a) Stevie's depression due to the police not providing for the poor.
(b) Stevie's depression due to his mother suddenly leaving.
(c) Stevie's depression due to Mr. Verloc's return.
(d) Stevie's depression due to his encounter with the cab driver.

6. How does Mr. Verloc feel upon returning from his trip taken shortly after his mother-in-law moved into a charity home?
(a) While not forgotten, he is no longer preoccupied by his troubles.
(b) He remains preoccupied by his troubles as he was before.
(c) He can now handle new and old matters without a problem.
(d) He has set his troubles completely aside and out of his mind.

7. Once the Assistant Commissioner arrives at the reported center of the empire, there are several constables who do what upon seeing him departing the vehicle?
(a) Announce a good evening to him.
(b) Challenge him for identification.
(c) Turn away from him.
(d) Salute him.

8. Comrade Ossipon appears in the vicinity of the Verloc residence on the night of Mr. Verloc's death and finds Mrs. Verloc appearing in what condition to him?
(a) Happy.
(b) Emotionless.
(c) Intoxicated.
(d) Ill.

9. What does Mr. Verloc attempt to convince his wife of concerning their relationship in their conversation after Heat departs their home?
(a) How they will be able to sell the shop and live freely in the country without further troubles as he has been granted immunity for his testimony.
(b) That he has done everything he could to support her and her family and that should be sufficient.
(c) How deeply in love he is with her and will do anything to make Winnie's loss up to her.
(d) How deeply in love he is with her and that should be sufficient for now.

10. How does the assistant commissioner feel in regard to his conversation with Mr. Verloc on the evening of the Greenwich Park explosion?
(a) He is not absolutely confident.
(b) He is not at all satisfied.
(c) He is quite satisfied.
(d) He has only partial confidence in Mr. Verloc's honesty.

11. In addition to being aware that Winnie's mother left, what else is Mr. Verloc's reaction to the domestic troubles in his home?
(a) He tells Winnie to hire a neighbor to clean and he will help too.
(b) He approaches Winnie in an attempt to resolve them.
(c) He is mainly oblivious.
(d) While concerned, he is trusting Winnie will resolve them.

12. What concern does the secretary of state express when briefed by the assistant commissioner regarding his suspect of the Greenwich Park explosion?
(a) That Mr. Vladimir was not put in prison.
(b) That Mr. Verloc was not put in prison.
(c) That Mrs. Verloc was not questioned and placed under house arrest.
(d) That Mr. Vladimir was not arrested and interrogated.

13. As they prepare to escape from Lonaon, how much of Mr. Verloc's money does Winnie give to Ossipon, and what does she tell him aids in the use of it?
(a) She gives him all of her husband's money and stipulates it is untraceable.
(b) She gives him half of her husband's money and stipulates it is untraceable.
(c) She gives him part of her husband's money and stipulates it is untraceable as he banked in Switzerland.
(d) She gives him all but a little of her husband's money and stipulates she does not know if it is traceable, but he banked out of the country.

14. Having returned to her residence with Ossipon on the evening she murdered Mr. Verloc, where does Winnie see that the light remains on?
(a) In the parlor.
(b) In her bedroom.
(c) In the shop.
(d) In the kitchen.

15. Who does the assistant commissioner send a note to before he departs his office for the second time on the evening of the Greenwich Park explosion?
(a) His wife.
(b) The police commissioner.
(c) Heat.
(d) Michaelis's patroness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the assistant commissioner find outside the Verloc pornography shop on the evening of the Greenwich Park bombing?

2. Specifically, what is it Winnie offers in exchange for Ossipon's assistance in escape on the evening of Mr. Verloc's demise?

3. Why does Mrs. Verloc's mother wish to move into a charity home?

4. After assuring Winnie that things will turn out all right in their escape, what does Ossipon do?

5. After Winnie's mother has moved, Mrs. Verloc attempts to convey her concerns that Stevie will soon become depressed. Mr. Verloc tells her to bring in a neighbor woman to assist her because he will be where?

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