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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the woman on the cover of the San Lorenzo supplement in the newspaper whom John falls in love with at first sight?
(a) Julia Castle.
(b) Elizabeth McAnderson.
(c) Rachel Marie Monzano.
(d) Mona Aamons Monzano.

3. What is Dr. Breed's position at the Research Laboratory of the General Forge and Foundry Company?
(a) Secretary.
(b) Researcher.
(c) President.
(d) Vice-president.

4. In what fraternity was the narrator a member during his college years?
(a) Delta Upsilon.
(b) Theta Chi.
(c) Beta Theta Pi.
(d) Kappa Sigma.

5. What is the term used for a Bokononist poem?
(a) "Epoch."
(b) "Calandra."
(c) "Calypso."
(d) "Psalm."

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

7. What is the book about that the narrator describes writing in Chapter 1?
(a) The advancements of technology in the twenty-first century.
(b) The day the atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima.
(c) Hitler's rise to power and his eventual suicide.
(d) The final days of World War I.

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

9. What is the melting point of Ice-nine?
(a) 114.4 degrees Farenheit.
(b) 136.2 degrees Farenheit.
(c) 98.6 degrees Farenheit.
(d) 122 degrees Farenheit.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the eccentril elevator operator that John encounters in Chapter 28?

2. What is the title of Chapter 21?

3. How is a "wampeter" defined in Chapter 24?

4. How is the weather described when John goes to the cemetery in Chapter 29?

5. What was the name of the man that Dr. Breed describes as having been executed for committing 26 murders in Chapter 13?

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