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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Jack, how did Orest eat?
(a) Like a vaccuum cleaner.
(b) Like a starving man.
(c) According to aerodynamic principles.
(d) According to barbaric habits.

2. Where does Jack's oldest daughter live?
(a) Florida.
(b) Canada.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Los Angeles.

3. What is the topic of the new course Babette has been asked to teach?
(a) Sipping and Slurping.
(b) Cooknig and Serving.
(c) Being and Doing.
(d) Eating and Drinking.

4. What are the new developments in the supermarket?
(a) Butcher's Corner and the Bakery.
(b) Self-checkout lanes.
(c) Butcher's Corner, Bakery and Candlestick maker.
(d) Organic produce.

5. What is written on the green armband of the man who checks them in at the evacuation site?
(a) EVACUSIM.
(b) CDC.
(c) ARMY.
(d) SIMUVAC.

6. Where does the family eat their fast food?
(a) In the restaurant.
(b) In the car.
(c) At home.
(d) At a picnic bench in the park.

7. What did the police officer see "thrown from a UFO" in town?
(a) A car.
(b) A mysterious device.
(c) A shipping container.
(d) A body.

8. What kind of car does the family's newspaper delivery person drive?
(a) Nissan Sentra.
(b) BMW Roadster.
(c) Ford Fusion.
(d) Hyundai Sonata.

9. What is the name of Murray's rival and fellow professor who died over vacation?
(a) Dasilakis.
(b) Gatos.
(c) Papadakis.
(d) Cotsakis.

10. How old is Orest?
(a) 19.
(b) 25.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

11. Instead of a "plume", what does the weather center call the smoke?
(a) Black billowing mass.
(b) Black billowing cloud.
(c) Feathery cloud.
(d) Toxic fog.

12. How did Babette get her hands on Dylar?
(a) She stole it from the pharmacy.
(b) She slept with someone for it.
(c) She bought it on her credit card.
(d) She traded Wilder's toys for it.

13. From where did Mr. Gray operate his "business"?
(a) A bank.
(b) A motel.
(c) A bookstore.
(d) A library.

14. Who/what calls the event a "feathery plume"?
(a) The radio.
(b) Heinrich.
(c) The television.
(d) The fire captain.

15. According to Jack, how is Chakravarty's English?
(a) Halting.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Just OK.
(d) Broken.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Russian author does Murray mention in Chapter 37?

2. Which character says, "Why do I feel so good when I'm with Wilder? It's not like being with the other kids."?

3. Who was Jack's fourth wife?

4. Who was Jack's first wife?

5. Who is the "full sister" of Jack's oldest daughter (i.e., which other child has the same mother?)

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