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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the capital city of San Lorenzo given its current name, according to the narrator in Chapter 60?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1929.

2. What is the title of Chapter 82?
(a) "Gone, but Not Forgotten."
(b) "Protein."
(c) "Boko-maru."
(d) "Zah-mah-ki-bo."

3. What does John call the tornadoes he can see filling the sky in Chapter 116?
(a) Worms.
(b) Demons.
(c) Spikes.
(d) Giants.

4. What Bokononist word from the novel refers to a man who wants all of somebody's love?
(a) "Vin-dit."
(b) "Kan-kan."
(c) "Saroon."
(d) "Sin-wat."

5. Who wrote The Spoon River Anthology that the Ambassador quotes from at the celebration?
(a) Lyman Enders Knowles.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Edgar Lee Masters.
(d) Sherman Krebbs.

6. What is the population density of San Lorenzo, according to the narrator in Chapter 60?
(a) 200 people per square mile.
(b) 325 people per square mile.
(c) 450 people per square mile.
(d) 300 people per square mile.

7. How much money did Dr. Felix Hoenikker earn for each patent his work led to at General Forge and Foundry?
(a) $4,000.
(b) $200.
(c) $45.
(d) $25.

8. With whom does Frank Hoenikker describe having an affair as a teenager in Chapter 89?
(a) The wife of Dr. Breed.
(b) His second cousin.
(c) The wife of his mother's best friend.
(d) The wife of the owner of Jack's Hobby Shop.

9. How many airplanes comprise the San Lorenzan Air Force?
(a) 26.
(b) 2.
(c) 16.
(d) 6.

10. What is the title of Chapter 73?
(a) "No More Mud."
(b) "Secret Agent X-9."
(c) "Black Death."
(d) "Vice-president in Charge of Volcanoes."

11. What does Julian Castle say his playboy days had cost him in Chapter 80?
(a) A spleen.
(b) His hair.
(c) A kidney.
(d) His liver.

12. What beverages are offered at the ceremonies in Chapter 102?
(a) Champagne and Coke.
(b) Pepsi and native rum.
(c) Tomato juice and rum.
(d) Water and orange juice.

13. 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."

14. How many people depart the plane in San Lorenzo, including the narrator, in Chapter 62?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 7.

15. By what names does the narrator refer to the sun in Chapter 90?
(a) Pabu.
(b) Saroon.
(c) Stuppa.
(d) Borasisi.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 120, the narrator recalls an advertisement for a set of children's books. What was the title of this set?

2. What word from Chapter 109 means clear and convincing?

3. What is the motto of the Western Hemisphere University of the Bible of Little Rock, Arkansas, according to Dr. Vox Humana in Chapter 96?

4. What is the name of the doctor that has been frozen along with Papa Monzano?

5. At what time does Frank say the air show is to go off in Chapter 100?

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