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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Martha sad to see Jones leave?
(a) Jones makes them all laugh.
(b) Jones brings an atmosphere of familial comfort.
(c) She is lonely with her husband and son.
(d) She is sleeping with Jones.

2. How does Brown act toward the end of the Voodoo ceremony?
(a) He cautiously joins in the dance.
(b) He becomes irritated and drags Joseph away.
(c) He wholeheartedly joins in the dance.
(d) He sits in the car and drinks whisky.

3. Jones finally tells Brown how he got the traveling cocktail case. What is the truth?
(a) He walked out of the store with it.
(b) He used a company check to buy it.
(c) He won it in a bet in Burma.
(d) The captain of his platoon gave it to him.

4. While listening to Mr. Smith describe the vegetarian center, what does the Secretary for Social Welfare doodle on his paper?
(a) Percentage marks and plus signs.
(b) Sketches for the building entrance.
(c) Concentric circles.
(d) Mr. Smith's face.

5. Why does Jones want a business partner in the venture he is planning?
(a) To assist him with the planning.
(b) To take over when he retires.
(c) To watch things while he travels.
(d) To manage the financial side while he arranges the business contacts.

6. After visiting Duvalierville, what does Mr. Smith think about the vegetarian center?
(a) Perhaps he should not pursue the project.
(b) The project is hopeless and he will leave the country right away.
(c) He will need much more money than he had anticipated.
(d) He should begin building immediately.

7. Why does the Secretary for Social Welfare suggest that Duvalierville is a good place for the Smiths' vegetarian center?
(a) There is no other land available.
(b) He thinks it would revive the tourism trade.
(c) The government has already been preparing the town for tourism.
(d) The land is poor and he doesn't know what else to do with it.

8. What is Jones's opinion about swindling the educated people?
(a) It is too difficult to risk.
(b) The educated are too suspicious.
(c) It only works if you are very lucky.
(d) It is always easier.

9. Why do the Smiths decide to stay and pursue the building of the vegetarian center?
(a) Mr. Smith is rethinking his initial perception of Duvalierville.
(b) They are attracted by the promise of large profits.
(c) They never leave a project unfinished.
(d) Mrs. Smith thinks her husband was too hasty in his judgment.

10. When Tonton Macoutes show up at Brown's hotel, what does Captain Concasseur do to Brown?
(a) Robs him of the money he had hidden in his office.
(b) Handcuffs him to the porch railing.
(c) Holds him at gunpoint on the porch.
(d) Interrogates him thoroughly.

11. At the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 3, as the Smiths are being driven to the airport, what does Mr. Smith do?
(a) Bribes the Tonton Macoute driver to bypass the roadblock.
(b) Thanks Brown profusely for being a good host.
(c) Gives Joseph a large tip for the service he's provided.
(d) Scatters money to the beggars at the post office.

12. The night before Brown and Jones leave, what does Brown do?
(a) Invite Martha over.
(b) Lies awake worrying about the excursion.
(c) Wander the hotel looking at the rooms.
(d) Invite Doctor Magiot over for a drink.

13. While standing on the porch, what does Mrs. Smith demand from Captain Concasseur?
(a) His police badge.
(b) His revolver.
(c) The phone number of his superior.
(d) His car keys.

14. According to the new Secretary for Social Welfare, why did Doctor Philipot not have a funeral?
(a) His coffin was filled with bricks.
(b) His widow did not want a funeral.
(c) In accordance with Voodoo tradition, there was no burial ceremony.
(d) He had requested cremation.

15. How does the new Secretary for Social Welfare cast suspicion on Doctor Philipot's death?
(a) He suggests that the doctor should not have invested in the shanty-town speculation.
(b) He suggests that there was just retribution by the authorities.
(c) He suggests that the doctor could not pay his gambling debts.
(d) He suggests that he was deceitful about the water pipes on Desaix Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Brown, Smith, and the Secretary for Social Welfare arrive at Duvalierville, who is the only person in sight?

2. When Martha comes to visit Brown at his hotel, what alters their plans to go upstairs?

3. What keeps Brown awake during the all-night voodoo ceremony?

4. Mrs. Smith is proud of the American ballot that shows her husband's name as a presidential candidate. What is Brown's perception of voting in Haiti?

5. Who shoots Captain Concasseur and rescues Brown and Jones from capture?

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