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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Newt Hoenikker when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) 9.
(b) 13.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

2. How old was Newt Hoenikker when his father died?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 13.
(d) 22.

3. What does Dr. Breed say that "pure research men" work on in Chapter 21?
(a) "Facts that will help humanity."
(b) "What fascinates them."
(c) "What they are told to research."
(d) "What they are paid to research."

4. Where was Dr. Felix Hoenikker when he died?
(a) Princeton.
(b) New York.
(c) Atlantic City.
(d) Cape Cod.

5. What Christmas carol do the "girls" of Dr. Breed's office sing in Chapter 20?
(a) "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."
(b) "White Christmas."
(c) "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem."
(d) "Silent Night."

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago does Newt say his brother Frank disappeared in his letter in Chapter 5?

2. Where does Newt's sister live, according to his letter in Chapter 5?

3. What word refers to the instrument that brings a person into his "team" in the beliefs of Bokononists?

4. Where does John stay when in Ilium in Chapter 10?

5. What college is Newt Hoenikker attending when the narrator writes to him in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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