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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. When was Bokonon born?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1891.
2. What is the title of Chapter 21?
(a) "End of the World Delight."
(b) "Vice-president in Charge of Volcanoes."
(c) "No More Mud."
(d) "The Marines March On."
3. What is the title of Chapter 48?
(a) "The Marines March On."
(b) "Gone, but Not Forgotten."
(c) "Just Like Saint Augustine."
(d) "No More Mud."
4. What is the title of Chapter 19?
(a) "End of the World Delight."
(b) "Vice-president in Charge of Volcanoes."
(c) "No More Mud."
(d) "Secret Agent X-9."
5. How much is the long-distance phone bill that the poet left behind in John's apartment in Chapter 36?
(a) $200.
(b) $300.
(c) $500.
(d) $1,000.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many siblings does Bokonon have?
2. What does Dr. Breed accuse John of being a member of in Chapter 21?
3. How old was Newt Hoenikker when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?
4. What is the title of Chapter 10?
5. What is the name of the tombstone establishment where John goes with the cab driver in Chapter 31?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is surprising to John when he encounters the Hoenikker burial plot in Chapters 29 and 30?
2. How does Newt Hoenikker describe his interaction with his father on the day the atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima?
3. How does fate bring the narrator to San Lorenzo?
4. How is Miss Pefko characterized in the novel?
5. What is ironic about the scientific work done for the military at the General Forge and Foundry Company?
6. What does John discover about San Lorenzo from the advertising supplement in the newspaper in Chapter 37?
7. What irony is revealed in Dr. Breed's assessments of Ilium's history in Chapter 13?
8. Who is Lyman Knowles and what does he represent in the novel?
9. What is the significance of the literary/religious allusion in the opening of Chapter 1?
10. What is significant about the metaphor of cannonballs in the narrative?
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