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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, pages 119-166.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position does Marx Marvelous pursue with Amanda and John Paul?
(a) Manager of the zoo.
(b) Priest.
(c) Animal tamer.
(d) Hotdog guru.

2. Why did Amanda try to orchestrate a mass-smuggling of butterfly larva into the U.S.?
(a) She was dissatisfied with the lack of butterfly species in the country.
(b) She was afraid that they would become extinct.
(c) She was going to sell them as drugs.
(d) She was hoping to find the perfect butterfly wings.

3. How do Amanda and Ziller immediately feel about each other at first sight?
(a) Attraction.
(b) Familiarity.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Repulsion.

4. With what animal did John Paul Zimmer return to Washington after his studies in Paris?
(a) Baboon.
(b) Penguin.
(c) Parrot.
(d) Dog.

5. Who is the head of the secret society of monks?
(a) Father Gutstadt.
(b) Father Amnel.
(c) Father Distberg.
(d) Father O'Dell.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Amanda regard the nature of the universe in regards to Plucky's letters?

2. Why did Marx marry his friend's pregnant lover?

3. What offer from Nearly Normal Jimmy did John Paul decline after the disbanding of the circus?

4. Which of John Paul and Amanda's friends also befriended Marx Marvelous, leading the man to seek out the couple?

5. Where was John Paul Ziller born?

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