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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Angela Hoenikker when her mother died?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 13.
(d) 19.

2. How old was Frank Hoenikker when his father died?
(a) 24.
(b) 16.
(c) 32.
(d) 18.

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

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

5. What word refers to the instrument that brings a person into his "team" in the beliefs of Bokononists?
(a) "Wampeter."
(b) "Karass."
(c) "Kan-kan."
(d) "Vin-dit."

Short Answer Questions

1. In what fraternity was the narrator a member during his college years?

2. What materials are required to play the "Cat's Cradle" game that is described in the narrative?

3. What is the name of the prostitute that John talks to at the Cape Cod Room in Chapter 10?

4. What is Dr. Breed's position at the Research Laboratory of the General Forge and Foundry Company?

5. What Christmas carol do the "girls" of Dr. Breed's office sing in Chapter 20?

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