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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ride does Shadow ride at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) The carousel.
(b) The big slide.
(c) The loop-de-loop.
(d) The ferris wheel.

2. What does Audrey Burton do at Laura Moon's funeral that surprises Shadow?
(a) She spits on Laura's body.
(b) She arrives with a new boyfriend.
(c) She faints.
(d) She steals a flower arrangement.

3. Where does the resurrected Laura Moon first appear to Shadow in Chapter 3?
(a) A rest stop.
(b) His motel room.
(c) The parking lot outside the motel.
(d) His dream.

4. Who wakes Shadow from his sleep at the very end of Chapter 8?
(a) Ibis.
(b) Jacquel.
(c) Laura.
(d) Wednesday.

5. What god does Wednesday reveal himself to be in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Odin.
(b) Osiris.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Coyote.

6. How is Laura moon killed?
(a) She falls into a boarded-up well.
(b) She dies in a car accident.
(c) She is mauled by a large dog.
(d) She is shot in a liquor store robbery.

7. According to Wednesday in Chapter 2, what is the wine of the gods?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Mead.
(c) Water.
(d) Milk.

8. Who rescues Shadow from the cell at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) The fat kid.
(b) Czernobog.
(c) Laura Moon.
(d) Wednesday.

9. How do the cab driver and Salim switch places at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) They kill one another.
(b) They have sex.
(c) They sleep in each others apartments.
(d) They form a blood pact.

10. How does the waitress in Chapter 9 react to Wednesday's hitting on her?
(a) She ignores him.
(b) She slaps him.
(c) She hits on Shadow.
(d) She meets him later.

11. What manner of spirit is the cab driver in Chapter 7?
(a) A jinn.
(b) A leprechaun.
(c) A demon.
(d) A dybbuk.

12. What game do Shadow and Czernobog play to decide whether the latter will join Wednesday's campaign?
(a) Yahtzee.
(b) Monopoly.
(c) Checkers.
(d) Gin rummy.

13. Which of the following gods does Shadow drive to the diner in Chapter 6?
(a) Czernobog.
(b) Mad. Sweeney.
(c) Mama-ji.
(d) Mr. Nancy.

14. Which constellation is Zorya Polunochnyaya looking at when Shadow joins her on the fire escape in Chapter 4?
(a) Ursa Major.
(b) Draco.
(c) Orion.
(d) Ursa Minor.

15. What advice does Johnnie Larch give Shadow before the latter leaves prison?
(a) Don't make airport workers angry.
(b) Stay low-key.
(c) Find a nice girl.
(d) Go some place where no one knows you.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richie Hinzelmann do for a living?

2. What does Czernobog do for a living?

3. Who do Mr. Town and Mr. Road interrogate about Shadow in Chapter 9?

4. What spirit of England does Essie meet right before she dies?

5. In Wednesday's speech before the gods in Chapter 6, which of the following is an example of a new god that he mentions?

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