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

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 Scheherazade.
(b) The Book of Knowledge.
(c) The Book of Truth.
(d) The Book of the Dragon.

3. How many people died at Julian Castle's hospital in ten days after the plague outbreak, according to his son in Chapter 73?
(a) 1,400.
(b) 2,500.
(c) 500.
(d) 900.

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

5. What is the one word from The Fourteenth Book of Bokonon, titled "What Can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years"?
(a) "Nothing."
(b) "Live."
(c) "Life."
(d) "Love."

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the rockslide in Chapter 115?

2. What is the name of the mountain range that rises abruptly to the north of the capital city of San Lorenzo?

3. Chapter 76 is titled "Julian Castle Agrees with Newt that Everything is" what?

4. Chapter 96 is titled "Bell, Book, and Chicken in" what?

5. What is the title of Chapter 89?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is John's encounter with Mona described in Chapter 91?

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

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

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

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

6. What irony can be seen at the memorial celebration on San Lorenzo?

7. How do the Hoenikker children describe the passing of the dog as a result of Ice-nine?

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

9. What causes the contamination of Ice-nine during the celebration in Chapter 115? What happens when Ice-nine is released?

10. What is remarked about history from Bokonon's writings in Chapter 113? What does this statement mean?

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