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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rather than participating in the night of entertainment, what does Mr. Fernandez do?
(a) Bursts out laughing.
(b) Fails to appear at all.
(c) Becomes seasick.
(d) Bursts into tears.

2. What was striking about the countess's hair?
(a) It was nearly gone.
(b) It was a shade of red never found in nature.
(c) It was dyed a deep black, almost blue..
(d) It was prematurely white.

3. What does Mr. Smith carry around for his wife?
(a) A pillow.
(b) Her spectacles.
(c) A traveling rug.
(d) Her medicine.

4. Why did Brown give Marcel a large amount of British money?
(a) To bribe him into leaving the hotel.
(b) To buy his third of the hotel.
(c) To ensure he would not talk about the countess.
(d) To help him start life anew in the city.

5. When Brown steps off the ship, who fills the port?
(a) Taxi drivers.
(b) Tonton Macoutes.
(c) Beggars.
(d) Postal employees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Brown and Martha rendezvous most often?

2. How often to Brown and Martha talk or argue about Angel?

3. What beverage do the Smiths drink most often while onboard the ship?

4. How often does the captain dine with the passengers while on their voyage?

5. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 2, what do Brown and Martha quarrel about?

(see the answer key)

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