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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Holly stay in Laguna Hills?
(a) It is a better place for sun bathing.
(b) She does not want to be discovered by Jim.
(c) She prefers being inland on holiday.
(d) The coastal towns were already booked out.

2. What surprises Holly about Jim's house?
(a) How needlessly large it is.
(b) How white it is.
(c) The badly kept lawn.
(d) How ordinary it is.

3. What is Holly's overriding emotion when she saves Norby?
(a) Rage.
(b) Thrill.
(c) Elation.
(d) Pride.

4. Where does Holly suggest Elvis lives?
(a) On Mars.
(b) An underground section of Graceland.
(c) The outback of Australia.
(d) In a forest of the Amazon.

5. What is Jim's advice if they hear the steel-guitar string noise?
(a) Evacuate the rear of the plane.
(b) Cut all power to the engines.
(c) Increase power to the port engine.
(d) Eject.

6. Which member of the flight crew has issues with Jim's presence?
(a) Engineer Chris Lodden.
(b) Flight Instructor Yankowski.
(c) Captain Sleighton Delbaugh.
(d) First Officer Anilov.

7. When does Jim's guiding force first come to him?
(a) When his student died.
(b) The previous March.
(c) Several years ago.
(d) The previous May.

8. Why does Holly keep her desk so tidy?
(a) It might get her a raise.
(b) It's the first thing she learned at journalism school.
(c) To impress her colleagues.
(d) It is the only thing she can depend on in life.

9. What part of the DC-10 explodes?
(a) The landing gear.
(b) The rear engine.
(c) The left engine.
(d) The right engine.

10. What has unmatchable purity?
(a) Forest mud.
(b) Voices in the dirt.
(c) A sterilized surgery.
(d) The vapor of sublime poetry.

11. What is Eddie wearing when Holly meets him?
(a) High-heeled sandals.
(b) Spandex shorts.
(c) Butt hugging white shorts.
(d) Nothing but a smile.

12. Whose face does Holly unexpectedly see in her thoughts during landing?
(a) Her favourite teacher Mrs. Rooney.
(b) Her old best friend Lori Clugar.
(c) Her first love Lenny.
(d) Jim Ironheart.

13. What does Jim compare Susie's skin to?
(a) The inside of an eggshell.
(b) A peach.
(c) A haze of smoke.
(d) A shaft of Mojave sun.

14. Why does the earth not speak to us?
(a) It is too busy talking to the trees.
(b) It is angry that we use trees for building houses.
(c) We are not intelligent enough.
(d) Humans are not worth talking to.

15. What does Jim steal to travel to his next destination?
(a) A Chevrolet Camaro.
(b) A Ford Mustang.
(c) A Chevrolet Chrysler.
(d) A Dodge Viper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jim get his surname from?

2. Why is it obvious that Jim is not a librarian?

3. What is unusual about Jim's latest windmill dream?

4. What relatives does Jim still have?

5. What lie does Holly tell Viola about her relationship with Jim?

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