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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. What is the name of Bob Briggs' wife?
(a) Miriam.
(b) Elaine.
(c) Miss Ethel Hook.
(d) Katie.

2. Why was Dr. Poole buried up to his waist by the gravediggers?
(a) He came on a boat, which the gravediggers consider evil.
(b) He refused to fix the Chief's train.
(c) He punched a gravedigger trying to escape.
(d) He used a swear word in front of the Chief.

3. What is Miss Ethel Hook's desire, with respect to Dr. Poole?
(a) She wishes Dr. Poole would leave the team and go back to New Zealand, for his own safety.
(b) She wishes Dr. Poole would teach her more about the flora and fauna they discover.
(c) She wishes Dr. Poole would drop dead.
(d) She wishes Dr. Poole would propose marriage to her.

4. Why does Dr. Poole claim he cannot fix the Chief's train?
(a) Dr. Poole does not possess the necessary engineering background.
(b) Dr. Poole does not wish to help the Chief, whom he considers evil.
(c) Dr. Poole pretends he does not know how to fix the train to provide leverage for future negotiations.
(d) Dr. Poole would only fix the train if the Chief released Loola.

5. How does Dr. Poole convince the gravediggers to spare him from being buried alive?
(a) He offers to teach them to grow better crops.
(b) He offers to fix their train.
(c) He offers to give his boat to them.
(d) He gives them several pieces of jewelry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Cottonwood Ranch located?

2. How do the primitives mark women who have not produced a healthy baby during the season?

3. How does the narrator characterize the scientists from New Zealand?

4. Near which major city do the scientists finally land?

5. What is Loola's nickname for Dr. Poole?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bob Briggs ask Lou Lublin for, and why? How does this relate to a religious painting?

2. What about Dr. Poole's presence is surprising to Chief?

3. What is Bob Briggs appraisal of Gandhi?

4. Describe the scene in which baboons are gathered at a palace.

5. What background information is the narrator able to learn about William Tallis?

6. What are the specifics of Bob Briggs' personal troubles at the outset of the novel?

7. Why does the Chief order his gravediggers to bury Dr. Poole?

8. What is the New Zealand Rediscovery Expedition, and what is its mission?

9. Describe the opening of the movie "Ape and Essence."

10. How do Chief and Dr. Poole clash over books at Pershing Square?

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