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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much is the long-distance phone bill that the poet left behind in John's apartment in Chapter 36?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $500.
(c) $300.
(d) $200.

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

3. What is the title of Chapter 4?
(a) "Vice-president in Charge of Volcanoes."
(b) "Protein."
(c) "A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils."
(d) "End of the World Delight."

4. What is the title of Chapter 28?
(a) "A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils."
(b) "Protein."
(c) "No More Mud."
(d) "Mayonnaise."

5. How old was Angela Hoenikker when her mother died?
(a) 13.
(b) 19.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

6. What is the title of Chapter 19?
(a) "Secret Agent X-9."
(b) "Vice-president in Charge of Volcanoes."
(c) "No More Mud."
(d) "End of the World Delight."

7. What is the name of the book that was given to Dr. Felix Hoenikker from a man in prison about the end of the world?
(a) 2000 A.D.
(b) A Glimmer of Ice-nine.
(c) Moby Dick.
(d) The Day the World Ended.

8. What is the title of Chapter 29?
(a) "The Marines March On."
(b) "Gone, but Not Forgotten."
(c) "End of the World Delight."
(d) "No More Mud."

9. How many siblings does Bokonon have?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

10. For what kind of dog does the narrator describe building a dog house in Chapter 3?
(a) An Anatolian Shepherd.
(b) A Husky.
(c) A Great Dane.
(d) A German Shepherd.

11. What is the title of Chapter 11?
(a) "End of the World Delight."
(b) "Vice-president in Charge of Volcanoes."
(c) "Protein."
(d) "Secret Agent X-9."

12. What does John say in Chapter 32 "is what we Bokononists whisper whenever we think of how complicated and unpredictable the machinery of life really is"?
(a) "Busy, busy, busy."
(b) "Qualms are folly."
(c) "No more no more."
(d) "A mystery in the midst."

13. What was the real name of the notorious English pirate described in Chapter 48?
(a) Edward Teach.
(b) Lyman Enders Knowles.
(c) George Minor Moakely.
(d) Sherman Krebbs.

14. How tall does Newt Hoenikker claim to be in his letter to John?
(a) 5' tall.
(b) 3'7" tall.
(c) 4' tall.
(d) 6' tall.

15. What was the name of the British destroyer that captured the German submarine that had taken Bokonon prisoner?
(a) The Raven.
(b) The Lady's Slipper.
(c) The Scheherazade.
(d) The White Lion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What business did Emily Hoenikker's father own?

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

3. What is the term used for a Bokononist poem?

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

5. What is the name of the tombstone establishment where John goes with the cab driver in Chapter 31?

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