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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. John cites Bokonon in Chapter 31 as having said, "Peculiar travel suggestions are" what?
(a) "Kisses from the universe."
(b) "Dancing lessons from God."
(c) "Warnings of a bleak future."
(d) "The leanings of fate."

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

5. What color is the chip of Ice-nine that Dr. Felix Hoenikker created?
(a) Blue-green.
(b) Black.
(c) Blue-white.
(d) Completely clear.

6. Where was the Hoenikker family living at the time that the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) Ilium, New York.
(b) Ithaca, New York.
(c) Princeton, New Jersey.
(d) New Brunswick, New Jersey.

7. What does Dr. Breed's secretary say "God really is" in Chapter 26?
(a) "Man."
(b) "Nothing."
(c) "Love."
(d) "Fear."

8. When does Dr. Breed describe the man being hung that had killed 26 people in Chapter 13?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1782.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1911.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What is Dr. Breed's first name?
(a) Marvin.
(b) William.
(c) Asa.
(d) Jack.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How old was Angela Hoenikker when her mother died?

4. What position does John discover Frank Hoenikker holds in San Lorenzo in Chapter 37?

5. What is Chapter 31's title?

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