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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, "A Sappy Woman from Ypsilanti".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Powers Hapgood's occupation after graduating from Harvard?
(a) Economist.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Coal miner.
(d) Doctor.

2. Who built the first electric generator?
(a) Pieter Zeeman.
(b) John Mohler.
(c) Michael Faraday.
(d) Henry Goldman.

3. Who made Kurt's first car?
(a) Studebaker.
(b) Volvo.
(c) Chevrolet.
(d) Ford.

4. What can Kurt not imagine a funny book about?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Martin Luther King.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

5. What does the woman behind the counter at the newsstand have between her eyes?
(a) A pimple.
(b) A mole.
(c) A scar.
(d) A jewel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kurt study in university?

2. What was the only way Kurt could get into an adult conversation when he was young?

3. How many pages would Kurt type before making corrections with a pencil?

4. How does Kurt feel about the woman behind the counter?

5. What does Kurt say made North America into a 'virgin continent?'

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