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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 does Hope want to add to the northern group?
(a) A southern female.
(b) A mirrored toy.
(c) More protein.
(d) A southern male.

2. What do illnesses, nervous breakdowns and injuries show?
(a) Cup catastrophes.
(b) Antilogical catastrophes.
(c) Topological studies.
(d) Cusp catastrophes.

3. How many Belgians arrive after Almicar gets killed?
(a) Five Belgians.
(b) Two Belgians.
(c) Ten Belgians.
(d) Three Belgians.

4. Who fires Hope?
(a) Roberta.
(b) Mallabar.
(c) Ginga.
(d) Hauser.

5. What sport did the guerrilla soldiers play?
(a) Football.
(b) Volleyball.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Basketball.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the person who commits suicide die?

2. Which country is represented by Hope's greeter when she gets rescued after Amicar's death?

3. What is the study of things that remain fixed despite force placed upon them?

4. How do the guerrilla soldiers know their leader?

5. Who ends the chimp wars?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hope learn about Eugene and Ian on her way back to Grosso Arvore after her kidnapping?

2. How does Hope's discovery among the chimps show her that she and John are not so different? What is it that they have in common?

3. What is Hope's relationship with Mallabar at the end of the novel?

4. What are John's answers to life's three important questions?

5. What, briefly, is the mathematical set John dreams of creating and where is he while he is tries to develop it?

6. Explain the situation around Conrad's death.

7. What are some examples of catastrophes that Hope gives in discussing her catastrophe theory? Label each example with the type of catastrophe it represents.

8. What happens when Hope finally gets Eugene to go with her on an observation?

9. Where does Hope live at the end of the novel? Describe her home.

10. Vail makes two sexual overtures to Hope in the novel. When do they occur and what is common about both occasions?

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