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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What college is Newt Hoenikker attending when the narrator writes to him in Chapter 4?
(a) Brown University.
(b) New York University.
(c) Cornell University.
(d) Princeton University.

5. What business did Emily Hoenikker's father own?
(a) A shoe store.
(b) A candy store.
(c) A dress store.
(d) A music store.

6. What does John claim Alfred Nobel invented in Chapter 32?
(a) The submarine.
(b) Dynamite.
(c) Gunpowder.
(d) Steel.

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

8. For what company did Dr. Felix Hoenikker work most of his life?
(a) The Dyno Nobel Company.
(b) The General Forge and Foundry Company.
(c) Accurate Energetic Systems, LLC.
(d) The Putter and Stratton Company.

9. 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 Scheherazade.
(d) The Raven.

10. What is Chapter 31's title?
(a) "The Marines March On."
(b) "Another Breed."
(c) "Gone, but Not Forgotten."
(d) "End of the World Delight."

11. Who is the "mail-order muscle-builder" who "vulgarized" the term "Dynamic Tension," according to John in Chapter 47?
(a) George Moakely.
(b) Charles Atlas.
(c) William Cabes.
(d) Ron Walters.

12. 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) "Wampeter."
(b) "Kan-kan."
(c) "Vin-dit."
(d) "Wrang-wrang."

13. What was the name of the British destroyer that captured the German submarine that had taken Bokonon prisoner?
(a) The Raven.
(b) The Lady's Slipper.
(c) The White Lion.
(d) The Scheherazade.

14. What is Mrs. Crosby's first name?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Mona.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Marie.

15. What was the name of Dr. Breed's wife?
(a) Emily.
(b) Angela.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Marie.

Short Answer Questions

1. John cites Bokonon in Chapter 31 as having said, "Peculiar travel suggestions are" what?

2. What does the narrator tell the reader to call him in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

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