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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. Who does Mrs. Pollifax learn about in Chapter 14?
(a) Another prisoner.
(b) A prisoner's death.
(c) Farrell's death.
(d) A visitor.

2. How do Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell plan to get out of their cell in order to escape?
(a) Hit a guard in the head.
(b) Stab a guard in the leg.
(c) Shoot a guard.
(d) Kill a guard.

3. Who recognizes the Chinese man as Dr. Howell?
(a) Roger.
(b) Agent Halstead.
(c) Agent Holt.
(d) Cartsirs.

4. Who is hit by a rock in Chapter 16?
(a) Farrell.
(b) Vassovic.
(c) Mrs. Pollifax.
(d) Lulash.

5. Who suggests scaling down a cliff in order to escape?
(a) The Chinese prisoner.
(b) Lulash.
(c) Mrs. Pollifax.
(d) Farrell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of spy does Farrell believe Adem to be?

2. Who says their family has given them up for dead?

3. What does Carstairs have Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell do when thy first arrive in the United States after their rescue?

4. What does Carstairs work on in order to find out where Perdido took Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell?

5. Who does the Colonel inform Mrs. Pollifax are quickly becoming influential in Europe?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man rescued?

2. What happens when the Chinese man arrives in a car he steals during his escape with Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell.

3. Discuss the things that happen at the party of Lulash and Vassovic.

4. Discuss the plan of escape that Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man use with the help of the woman who sees them escaping.

5. Discuss the note that is dropped into Mrs. Pollifax's cell while she is on her morning walk.

6. Discuss the deck of cards that Mrs. Pollifax remembers she still has in Chapter 23.

7. Discuss the sail boat Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man steal and the teamwork they have with one another.

8. What does Mrs. Pollifax learn about Adem Nexht on her daily walk?

9. Discuss the encounter between Mrs. Pollifax and Mrs. Hartshorne when Mrs. Pollifax finally returns home at the end of the novel.

10. How does Carstairs finally find Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell in Chapter 20?

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