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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 business did Emily Hoenikker's father own?
(a) A dress store.
(b) A music store.
(c) A candy store.
(d) A shoe store.

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) The Day the World Ended.
(b) 2000 A.D.
(c) Moby Dick.
(d) A Glimmer of Ice-nine.

3. Who is the eccentril elevator operator that John encounters in Chapter 28?
(a) Andrew James Krementz.
(b) Marvin Sharpe Holderness.
(c) George Minor Moakely.
(d) Lyman Enders Knowles.

4. What does John claim Alfred Nobel invented in Chapter 32?
(a) Dynamite.
(b) Steel.
(c) The submarine.
(d) Gunpowder.

5. What is the title of Chapter 10?
(a) "End of the World Delight."
(b) "Secret Agent X-9."
(c) "A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils."
(d) "Vice-president in Charge of Volcanoes."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Dr. Breed's secretary say "God really is" in Chapter 26?

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

4. What does the narrator tell the reader to call him in Chapter 1?

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

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