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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. Tully imagines that Dawn will turn up someday on the arm of a ______________.
(a) Hottest movie star.
(b) Used car salesman.
(c) Dallas Cowboys quarterback.
(d) Women's prison warden.

2. What kind of gun did Cleopatra have aboard the Lucretia?
(a) M16.
(b) Colt .45.
(c) Rifle.
(d) AK 47.

3. What was Ix-Nay watching when he had a vision that Tully was in trouble in San Pedro?
(a) Sea turtle hatchlings.
(b) Sunset.
(c) Butterfly migration.
(d) Lightning storm.

4. What kind of boat did Cleopatra hate?
(a) Swamp boat.
(b) Cigarette boat.
(c) Banana boat.
(d) Shrimp boat.

5. Cleopatra takes Tully to a __________ in Cuba.
(a) Bull fight.
(b) Regatta.
(c) Barbershop.
(d) Rodeo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tully name the horse they found swimming in the bay?

2. In the Epilogue, who is going to sail around the world?

3. What is going on the day Cleopatra dies?

4. What did Thelma Barston discover on her land in Wyoming?

5. What did Waltham and Parfait bring to Cleopatra's grave?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Tully meet Dawn before the resort at San Pedro?

2. How were the charges against Tully in Wyoming dropped?

3. What was Tully having mixed feelings about after being rescued by Archie and his other friends?

4. Where did the novel get its title?

5. What is the story of Cleopatra's birth?

6. What is Willie's experience like when he first sees the Fresnal lens?

7. What did hearing a cigarette boat off of Cayo Loco remind Tully of?

8. Why did Willie Singer want to go to New Caledonia?

9. What becomes of Lister's conch?

10. Why does Tully compare Cleopatra's burial to an Egyptian queen?

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