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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. On which street corner does Chief order books to be incinerated?
(a) Belial Avenue and Azrael Drive.
(b) Mausoleum Way and Hollywood Cemetery Square.
(c) 11th Street and Washington Boulevard.
(d) 5th Street and Pershing Square.

2. What is the youngest gravedigger tempted by, which he must resist?
(a) A plump girl beside him.
(b) The fine clothes of a corpse.
(c) His leader's bacon sandwich.
(d) The large emerald ring of a corpse.

3. By the time Cottonwood Ranch is visited, how long had William Tallis been dead?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Four years.
(c) Two days.
(d) Eighteen months.

4. What destination have the team of scientists from New Zealand chosen?
(a) California.
(b) Peru.
(c) Russia.
(d) Japan.

5. Bob fears Elaine is cheating on him with which man?
(a) William Tallis.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Lou Lublin.
(d) A Moldavian baron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rosie's career aspiration?

2. What derogatory name do primitive men call the primitive women who bear deformed babies?

3. The lobby of the Cocktail Bar is filled with which group of people?

4. Who orders Dr. Poole to be buried up to his waist by the gravediggers?

5. What is Miss Ethel Hook's desire, with respect to Dr. Poole?

Short Essay Questions

1. List the allusions/references found in this section of the text.

2. Describe the circumstances during which Dr. Poole is kidnapped.

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

4. What point does the script narrator make about baboons and knowledge?

5. What is Bob Briggs appraisal of Gandhi?

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

7. Describe the landing of the Canterbury and the crew's first sight of land.

8. How is Dr. Poole described? What does Dr. Schneeglock think of him?

9. Why is the Chief concerned about the present mating season?

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

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