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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 materials are required to play the "Cat's Cradle" game that is described in the narrative?
(a) Mallets.
(b) Balls.
(c) Runes.
(d) String.

2. What is the melting point of Ice-nine?
(a) 122 degrees Farenheit.
(b) 114.4 degrees Farenheit.
(c) 98.6 degrees Farenheit.
(d) 136.2 degrees Farenheit.

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

4. What is the married name of Newt's sister, as revealed in his letter in Chapter 5?
(a) Mrs. J. Smith Beacon.
(b) Mrs. Harrison C. Conners.
(c) Mrs. Quincy Rudolph.
(d) Mrs. Newton B. Anderson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the population of San Lorenzo, according to the newspaper supplement in Chapter 38?

2. How much is the long-distance phone bill that the poet left behind in John's apartment in Chapter 36?

3. What is the name of Dr. Breed's secretary?

4. Where does the narrator describe the Episcopalian woman living in Chapter 3?

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

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