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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the tombstone establishment where John goes with the cab driver in Chapter 31?
(a) Avram Breed and Sons.
(b) Moakley and Sons.
(c) Anderson and Bracknell.
(d) Enders and Knowles.

2. What is defined by Bokonon as "a person who steers people away from a line of speculation by reducing that line . . . to an absurdity"?
(a) "Kan-kan."
(b) "Wampeter."
(c) "Vin-dit."
(d) "Wrang-wrang."

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dr. Breed's first name?

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

3. What is the title of Chapter 21?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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