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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Mr. Crosby attend college?
(a) Brown University.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) Cornell University.
(d) Rutgers University.

2. In Chapter 120, the narrator recalls an advertisement for a set of children's books. What was the title of this set?
(a) The Book of the Dragon.
(b) The Scheherazade.
(c) The Book of Knowledge.
(d) The Book of Truth.

3. What is the name of the mountain range that rises abruptly to the north of the capital city of San Lorenzo?
(a) The Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
(b) The Scott Mountains.
(c) The Sierra Nevada Mountains.
(d) The Transatlantic Mountains.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people depart the plane in San Lorenzo, including the narrator, in Chapter 62?

2. What is the reward listed for Bokonon on the wanted poster in the airport in Chapter 61?

3. Where does Frank place the hot plate in Chapter 111?

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

5. How tall is the mosaic that is being created in the lobby of the hotel in Chapter 69?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Frank's house described by the narrator?

2. What does John spend his time doing in his last days after the destruction of Ice-nine?

3. How is the theme of inequality of wealth demonstrated in Chapter 62?

4. How does the author characterize Papa Monzano when he is introduced?

5. Why was Bokononism initially banned? What impact did the ban have on Bokonon?

6. What led to the mass suicide of many inhabitants of San Lorenzo?

7. How does the narrator describe the morality surrounding the Hoenikker children taking the Ice-nine in Chapter 113?

8. How did Dr. Felix Hoenikker die? What clues allude to how he died?

9. What is satirical about the "writer's strike" that Philip Castle proposes in Chapter 103?

10. What statement do you think that Kurt Vonnegut is making through the character of Mona in the novel?

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