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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Dr. Breed describe the man being hung that had killed 26 people in Chapter 13?
(a) 1782.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1859.

2. What is the name of the book that was given to Dr. Felix Hoenikker from a man in prison about the end of the world?
(a) Moby Dick.
(b) The Day the World Ended.
(c) 2000 A.D.
(d) A Glimmer of Ice-nine.

3. How is a "wampeter" defined in Chapter 24?
(a) "A wampeter is the rim of a karass."
(b) "A wampeter is the truth of humanity."
(c) "A wampeter is the pivot of a karass."
(d) "A wampeter is the onset of a kan-kan."

4. Where was Dr. Felix Hoenikker when he died?
(a) Princeton.
(b) New York.
(c) Atlantic City.
(d) Cape Cod.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Dr. Breed's secretary?

2. What college is Newt Hoenikker attending when the narrator writes to him in Chapter 4?

3. What is the title of Chapter 11?

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

5. How old was Newt Hoenikker when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?

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