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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time does Frank say the air show is to go off in Chapter 100?
(a) 2:00.
(b) 1:00.
(c) 4:00.
(d) 3:00.

2. What word from Chapter 109 means clear and convincing?
(a) Prominent.
(b) Cogent.
(c) Inherent.
(d) Illiterate.

3. What is the title of Chapter 100?
(a) "Down the Oubliette Goes Frank."
(b) "A White Bride for the Son of a Pullman Porter."
(c) "Pabu."
(d) "Secret Agent X-9."

4. What is the Bokononist ritual that involves touching feet with a person to mingle awareness?
(a) "Wrang-wrang."
(b) "Vin-dit."
(c) "Boko-maru."
(d) "Wampeter."

5. How is the fan driven in the ventilation shaft of the bomb shelter in Papa Manzano's castle?
(a) An ice-machine.
(b) By stationary bicycle.
(c) A see-saw.
(d) A hanging cord.

6. What is the title of Chapter 71?
(a) "Vice-president in Charge of Volcanoes."
(b) "The Happiness of Being an American."
(c) "A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils."
(d) "Just Like Saint Augustine."

7. What is the name of the servant who greets John at Frank Hoenikker's home in Chapter 74?
(a) Peter.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Stanley.
(d) James.

8. What is the title of Chapter 89?
(a) "A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils."
(b) "A White Bride for the Son of a Pullman Porter."
(c) "Duffle."
(d) "Boko-maru."

9. To what melody is the San Lorenzo National Anthem sung?
(a) "The Star-Spangled Banner."
(b) "Home on the Range."
(c) "Silent Night."
(d) "O Christmas Tree."

10. What Bokononist word means "lies"?
(a) "Foma."
(b) "Kan-kan."
(c) "Stuppa."
(d) "Sin-wat."

11. What is the title of Chapter 116?
(a) "Vice-president in Charge of Volcanoes."
(b) "A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils."
(c) "Secret Agent X-9."
(d) "The Grand Ah-whoom."

12. What does Frank tell Angela she "bought" with her portion of Ice-nine in Chapter 109?
(a) "A tomcat husband."
(b) "A brief affair."
(c) "A house in the Hamptons."
(d) "A trip to Europe."

13. What does Mr. Crosby manufacture?
(a) Televisions.
(b) Cars.
(c) Microwaves.
(d) Bicycles.

14. What is the title of Chapter 102?
(a) "Enemies of Freedom."
(b) "Gone, but Not Forgotten."
(c) "End of the World Delight."
(d) "Secret Agent X-9."

15. What is the title of Chapter 58?
(a) "The Marines March On."
(b) "A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils."
(c) "Just Like Saint Augustine."
(d) "Tyranny with a Difference."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 73?

2. What causes the rockslide in Chapter 115?

3. What is the title of Chapter 64?

4. With whom does Frank Hoenikker describe having an affair as a teenager in Chapter 89?

5. What does Frank say in the end of Chapter 108?

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