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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the family do during breakfast?
(a) Sing.
(b) Pray.
(c) Play a guessing game.
(d) Read the newspaper and talk.

2. Why doesn't Zachary's father tell him about Commander Rodney?
(a) His father does not know about Commander Rodney's attempt to save Zachary.
(b) His father thinks Zachary should avoid talking to Leo.
(c) His father was afraid Zachary might have a heart attack.
(d) His father does not believe the Commander's death is Zachary's fault.

3. How does Vicky's grandfather act as he talks about life after death?
(a) Unsure.
(b) He preaches hellfire and damnation.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Sad.

4. What changes the way Vicky feels about Adam?
(a) Meeing Basil.
(b) Uni's interaction with Adam.
(c) Seeing Suzy interact with Adam.
(d) Talking to John about Adam.

5. Of what does Vicky wish she had more knowledge?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Science, and dolphins in particular.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Astrology.

6. What do Vicky and Adam talk about concerning John's work?
(a) Regeneration.
(b) The way plankton can feed such a large creature as a whale.
(c) The size of whales makes research difficult.
(d) The way male sea horses take care of the babies.

7. Who is Commander Rodney?
(a) Vicky's great-uncle.
(b) Vicky's father.
(c) Vicky's grandfather.
(d) A family friend of Vicky's family.

8. To what group does Zachary's family belong?
(a) The Immortalists.
(b) The Mensa.
(c) The Iluminati.
(d) The Reformists.

9. What does Leo tell Vicky he knows about her grandfather?
(a) That her grandfather is ill.
(b) That her grandfather is also retired military like Leo's father.
(c) That her grandfather is a good carpenter.
(d) That her grandfather likes making kites.

10. What is Vicky's father planning to do this summer?
(a) Learn to sail.
(b) Work at the marine lab.
(c) Teach several classes.
(d) Write a book.

11. How did Vicky once perceive Leo?
(a) As a nerd.
(b) As a slob.
(c) As an intellectual.
(d) As a jerk.

12. What does Adam look like to Vicky?
(a) A confused young man.
(b) A Scandinavian god she once saw a picture of in an art book.
(c) A statue of a Greek charioteer she once saw in an art book.
(d) A native American.

13. What is Vicky's grandfather officiating?
(a) The funeral.
(b) The Christening.
(c) The Baptism.
(d) The wedding.

14. What illness does Vicky's grandfather have?
(a) Leukemia.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) A brain tumor.
(d) None.

15. Of whom is Vicky a little jealous?
(a) No one.
(b) John.
(c) Leo.
(d) Suzy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vicky conclude when she compares Zachary to Leo?

2. With what does John work?

3. Why does Vicky go to work with John?

4. What does Vicky tell her parents she is at the marine lab?

5. Where does Vicky's grandfather keep his collection of thousands?

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