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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the man that Dr. Breed describes as having been executed for committing 26 murders in Chapter 13?
(a) Andrew James Krementz.
(b) Julian William Anderson.
(c) Marvin Sharpe Holderness.
(d) George Minor Moakely.

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

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

4. What is the name of the book that was given to Dr. Felix Hoenikker from a man in prison about the end of the world?
(a) The Day the World Ended.
(b) Moby Dick.
(c) 2000 A.D.
(d) A Glimmer of Ice-nine.

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

6. What is the title of Chapter 21?
(a) "No More Mud."
(b) "The Marines March On."
(c) "End of the World Delight."
(d) "Vice-president in Charge of Volcanoes."

7. What is the elevation of Mount McCabe?
(a) 11,000 feet.
(b) 13,000 feet.
(c) 12,000 feet.
(d) 10,000 feet.

8. How many siblings does Bokonon have?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

9. What was the Cape Cod Room called at the time when the atomic bomb was dropped on HIroshima?
(a) The Navajo Tepee.
(b) The Red Room.
(c) The Casa Mona.
(d) The White Horse Lounge.

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

11. What is the Bokononist term for a team that does "God's Will without ever discovering what they are doing" in Chapter 1?
(a) "Wampeter."
(b) "Karass."
(c) "Vin-dit."
(d) "Kan-kan."

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

13. What is the title of Chapter 10?
(a) "Vice-president in Charge of Volcanoes."
(b) "A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils."
(c) "Secret Agent X-9."
(d) "End of the World Delight."

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

15. What does Dr. Breed accuse John of being a member of in Chapter 21?
(a) The CIA.
(b) The FBI.
(c) The yellow press.
(d) The communist party.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of Chapter 4?

3. About how old is Miguel "Papa" Monzano described as being in Chapter 37?

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

5. What is the title of Chapter 11?

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