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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what vessel did Bokonon travel from his home island to London in 1911?
(a) The Lady's Slipper.
(b) The White Lion.
(c) The Raven.
(d) The Scheherazade.

2. What is the title of Chapter 11?
(a) "Protein."
(b) "Vice-president in Charge of Volcanoes."
(c) "Secret Agent X-9."
(d) "End of the World Delight."

3. What is Chapter 12's title?
(a) "A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils."
(b) "Vice-president in Charge of Volcanoes."
(c) "Secret Agent X-9."
(d) "End of the World Delight."

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

5. For how long has John spent on his "expedition" in Ilium in Chapter 36?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 9 days.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 2 months.

6. How many children did Dr. Felix Hoenikker have?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

8. What was the real name of the notorious English pirate described in Chapter 48?
(a) George Minor Moakely.
(b) Sherman Krebbs.
(c) Lyman Enders Knowles.
(d) Edward Teach.

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

10. Whom is John sent to write an article about in San Lorenzo in Chapter 40?
(a) George Minor Moakely.
(b) Marvin Sharpe Holderness.
(c) Julian Castle.
(d) Sherman Krebbs.

11. What does Dr. Breed say that "pure research men" work on in Chapter 21?
(a) "What they are paid to research."
(b) "Facts that will help humanity."
(c) "What fascinates them."
(d) "What they are told to research."

12. How old was Angela when her father died?
(a) 25.
(b) 34.
(c) 16.
(d) 29.

13. What is the first sentence in The Books of Bokonon?
(a) "Nothing."
(b) "Do not dwell on the sins of yesterday, but walk into the light of tomorrow."
(c) "All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies."
(d) "Everything exists for the glory of God."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does John stay when in Ilium in Chapter 10?

2. What is the title of Chapter 48?

3. What is the title of the book that the narrator describes writing in Chapter 1?

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

5. How tall does Newt Hoenikker claim to be in his letter to John?

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