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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. What promise does Bob make to Rosie?
(a) Bob agrees to read her feature screenplay.
(b) Bob agrees to schedule a screen test for her.
(c) Bob agrees to introduce her to a powerful music executive.
(d) Bob agrees to never visit Cottonwood Ranch again.

2. What is Loola's nickname for Dr. Poole?
(a) Doc.
(b) Pooh Bear.
(c) Poolie.
(d) Alfie.

3. Who is the author of the movie script at the heart of the novel's story?
(a) William Tallis
(b) Bob Briggs.
(c) Lou Lublin.
(d) Dr. Alfred Poole.

4. What is the youngest gravedigger tempted by, which he must resist?
(a) A plump girl beside him.
(b) His leader's bacon sandwich.
(c) The fine clothes of a corpse.
(d) The large emerald ring of a corpse.

5. William Tallis died from ___________.
(a) A hit-and-run car accident.
(b) Cancer of the throat.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) A botched surgery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Chief about Dr. Poole's admission that he arrived on a boat?

2. What is the reader told about how the "Ape and Essence" script appears in the novel?

3. How do the primitives explain the men's propensity to hit women?

4. Which scientist is leashed by a female baboon at the beginning of the screenplay?

5. Why does Dr. Poole claim he cannot fix the Chief's train?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the importance of where Tallis preferred to be buried?

2. Why is the Chief concerned about the present mating season?

3. What does Bob Briggs ask Lou Lublin for, and why? How does this relate to a religious painting?

4. Why does the Chief order his gravediggers to bury Dr. Poole?

5. What are the Purification Ceremonies?

6. What background information is the narrator able to learn about William Tallis?

7. Describe the opening of the movie "Ape and Essence."

8. Describe the circumstances during which Dr. Poole is kidnapped.

9. Why are the gravediggers robbing graves?

10. What is the narrator's point about love and fear when describing the crew of the Canterbury?

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