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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: The Script, pages 50-75.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which great fear does Loola confide to Dr. Poole when they first meet?
(a) She is slowly dying from radiation.
(b) She will bear a deformed baby.
(c) They will run out of food.
(d) Chief will kill her.

2. What became of William Tallis' immediate family?
(a) They died in World War I.
(b) They moved away after Mr. Tallis died.
(c) They died in a car accident.
(d) William Tallis never had a family.

3. Bob fears Elaine is cheating on him with which man?
(a) A Moldavian baron.
(b) Lou Lublin.
(c) William Tallis.
(d) The narrator.

4. What is the leashed scientist beaten with by the female baboon holding him?
(a) A spatula.
(b) A riding switch.
(c) The Bible.
(d) A candlestick.

5. What destination have the team of scientists from New Zealand chosen?
(a) Peru.
(b) Russia.
(c) California.
(d) Japan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the narrator and Bob Briggs discover the screenplay at the heart of the novel?

2. What is the subject of the song the female baboon sings?

3. What does Dr. Poole tell Chief about why New Zealand was spared in the World War?

4. Where did William Tallis prefer to be buried?

5. According to the narrator, what was Gandhi's "great secret"?

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