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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the population of San Lorenzo, according to the newspaper supplement in Chapter 38?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 1,000,000.
(c) 450,000.
(d) 750,000.

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

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

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

5. What Christmas carol do the "girls" of Dr. Breed's office sing in Chapter 20?
(a) "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem."
(b) "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."
(c) "Silent Night."
(d) "White Christmas."

6. Why does John go to the cemetery in Chapter 29?
(a) To take a photograph of Dr. Hoenikker's tombstone.
(b) To pay respects to his grandmother.
(c) To break into the Hoenikker crypt.
(d) To pay respects to his mother and father.

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

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

9. What is the title of Chapter 4?
(a) "Protein."
(b) "Vice-president in Charge of Volcanoes."
(c) "End of the World Delight."
(d) "A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils."

10. To whom is the poem attributed on the tombstone that says, "Mother, Mother, how I pray / For you to guard us every day"?
(a) Newt Hoenikker.
(b) Angela Hoenikker.
(c) Felix Hoenikker.
(d) Frank Hoenikker.

11. What was the name of Remington Rumfoord's steam yacht that he traveled the world in with Bokonon?
(a) The Raven.
(b) The White Lion.
(c) The Lady's Slipper.
(d) The Scheherazade.

12. How wide is the island of San Lorenzo described as in Chapter 38?
(a) 10 miles wide.
(b) 20 miles wide.
(c) 50 miles wide.
(d) 70 miles wide.

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

14. How old was Newt Hoenikker when his father died?
(a) 13.
(b) 16.
(c) 22.
(d) 18.

15. Where was Dr. Felix Hoenikker when he died?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Cape Cod.
(c) Atlantic City.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the poet that John let stay in his apartment while he was in Ilium in Chapter 36?

3. What is the first sentence in The Books of Bokonon?

4. How old was Angela when her father died?

5. Where was Bokonon born?

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