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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 28-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 21?
(a) "End of the World Delight."
(b) "Vice-president in Charge of Volcanoes."
(c) "No More Mud."
(d) "The Marines March On."

2. What does the narrator tell the reader to call him in Chapter 1?
(a) Harry.
(b) George.
(c) Jonah.
(d) Paul.

3. What is the name of Dr. Breed's secretary?
(a) Miss Faust.
(b) Miss Anderson.
(c) Miss Ross.
(d) Miss Glynn.

4. How is the weather described when John goes to the cemetery in Chapter 29?
(a) Dry and windy.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Snowing.
(d) Sleeting.

5. What is the title of Chapter 28?
(a) "Protein."
(b) "A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils."
(c) "No More Mud."
(d) "Mayonnaise."

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John describe the aesthetic of Ilium, New York, in Chapter 13?

2. Where was the Hoenikker family living at the time that the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?

3. What is the title of Chapter 29?

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

5. What is the title of the book that the narrator describes writing in Chapter 1?

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