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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Christmas carol do the "girls" of Dr. Breed's office sing in Chapter 20?
(a) "Silent Night."
(b) "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem."
(c) "White Christmas."
(d) "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."

2. What is the Bokononist term for a team that does "God's Will without ever discovering what they are doing" in Chapter 1?
(a) "Kan-kan."
(b) "Wampeter."
(c) "Karass."
(d) "Vin-dit."

3. What is the melting point of Ice-nine?
(a) 98.6 degrees Farenheit.
(b) 114.4 degrees Farenheit.
(c) 136.2 degrees Farenheit.
(d) 122 degrees Farenheit.

4. What is the title of Chapter 9?
(a) "Protein."
(b) "Vice-president in Charge of Volcanoes."
(c) "End of the World Delight."
(d) "A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils."

5. Where was the Hoenikker family living at the time that the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) Ithaca, New York.
(b) Ilium, New York.
(c) Princeton, New Jersey.
(d) New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is a "wampeter" defined in Chapter 24?

2. How old was Angela Hoenikker when her mother died?

3. How long ago does Newt say his brother Frank disappeared in his letter in Chapter 5?

4. For what kind of dog does the narrator describe building a dog house in Chapter 3?

5. What is the title of Chapter 4?

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