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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. Who is Orlon?
(a) Mary's four year old son.
(b) Dirno's four year old son.
(c) Sinka's four year old son.
(d) Akiko's four year old son.

2. Who was head of the English Department at Ilium High School who had proposed marriage to Mary Hepburn?
(a) Joseph Conrad.
(b) Samuel Butler.
(c) Charles Carryl.
(d) Robert Wojciehowitz.

3. How many times has the narrator materialized since becoming a ghost?
(a) 1.
(b) 0.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

4. Who responds to the Captain's SOS in Book 2: Chapter 7?
(a) Mandarax.
(b) Robert Wojciehowitz.
(c) Kilgore Trout.
(d) Charles Darwin.

5. Why was James Wait ashamed to take off his shirt?
(a) He had moles all over his body.
(b) He had freckles all over his body.
(c) He had acne all over his body.
(d) He had scars all over his body.

Short Answer Questions

1. What island does Mary and the Captain land the Bahia?

2. How many warplanes does Ecuador keep at the Guayaquil International Airport?

3. What nickname does Mary Hepburn give to the Bahia?

4. Who was Mrs. Onassis's first husband?

5. Who is the only non-Kanka-bono who can converse with the Kanka-bonos?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story behind Selena MacIntosh's blindness?

2. Why are the Kanka-bono girls laughing at the Captain in Chapter 11? Why does the Captain think they are laughing?

3. Why does Siegfried von Kleist dance in Chapter 37?

4. In the beginning of Chapter 13, what is Selena and Hisako seeking and finding?

5. How does the narrator write this story?

6. What does the cancellation of "the Nature Cruise of the Century" mean to everyone in the bus in front of the Hotel El Dorado?

7. Who does Kamikaze catch by the spring and is about to copulate with?

8. Why is the Bahia considered to be a ghost ship in the opinion of humankind?

9. How does Quezeda feed his brain's thirst for self-esteem and alcohol?

10. Who does Akiko name one of her daughters after? Explain.

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