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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 36-46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what fraternity was the narrator a member during his college years?
(a) Kappa Sigma.
(b) Delta Upsilon.
(c) Beta Theta Pi.
(d) Theta Chi.

2. Who was the prisoner that wrote and sent his book to Dr. Felix Hoenikker?
(a) Julian William Anderson.
(b) Marvin Sharpe Holderness.
(c) William H. Skawinski.
(d) Andrew James Krementz.

3. What is Chapter 31's title?
(a) "End of the World Delight."
(b) "The Marines March On."
(c) "Another Breed."
(d) "Gone, but Not Forgotten."

4. What position does John discover Frank Hoenikker holds in San Lorenzo in Chapter 37?
(a) Minister of Foreign Relations.
(b) Minister of War.
(c) Minister of Science and Progresss.
(d) Ambassador to the United States.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What business did Emily Hoenikker's father own?

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

4. What is defined by Bokonon as "a person who steers people away from a line of speculation by reducing that line . . . to an absurdity"?

5. To whom is the poem attributed on the tombstone that says, "Mother, Mother, how I pray / For you to guard us every day"?

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