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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, Chapters 9-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Borlú and Dhatt become stuck, Dhatt prompts Borlú to remember what?
(a) When the victim stopped being an unknown corpse.
(b) When he first learned the identity of the van's owner.
(c) When the pathologist made his report.
(d) When he first saw the victim.

2. What is notable about the DöplirCaffé?
(a) It is both a Muslim and a Jewish coffeehouse, located next to one another and sharing a single name.
(b) It is both a Besz and an Ul Qoman coffeehouse, located next to one another and sharing a single name.
(c) It is a crosshatched coffeehouse located in both cities simultaneously.
(d) It is a coffeehouse that exists in neither city and constitutes its own territory.

3. In what division does Inspector Borlú work?
(a) The Extreme Crime Squad.
(b) Homicide Divison.
(c) Special Victims Unit.
(d) Conclusive Crimes Division.

4. Why does Borlú's boss tell him to avoid complicating the case any further?
(a) Because he does not care about the death of a prostitute.
(b) Because he wants to put Borlú on another case.
(c) Because he has too many cases to handle right now.
(d) Because he believes Breach will soon take control of the case.

5. Borlú's boss gives him what surprising freedom?
(a) The freedom to follow his instincts.
(b) The freedom to question other officers.
(c) The freedom to take the weekend off.
(d) The freedom to arrest anyone he suspects.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the pathologist's assistant?

2. What new, surprising information does Dhatt tell Borlú?

3. When the owner of the van is taken to identify his vehicle, he is shocked to see what?

4. Why does the Oversight Committee refuse to forward the case to Breach?

5. What must Borlú do before working in Ul Qoma?

(see the answer key)

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