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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Have Kidd's memory problems gone away?
(a) Yes, because of pills he finds.
(b) No, he still has black outs.
(c) No, but he only rarely has memory lapses.
(d) Yes, they are able to help Kidd fully remember.

2. Where does Kidd go to look for Lanya?
(a) The abandoned car lot.
(b) The store.
(c) The bus depot.
(d) The bar.

3. At the end of Chapter V, what does the reader continue to wonder?
(a) How these people came to Bellona.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) Where Bellona is located in the US.
(d) What has happened to Bellona.

4. Who finds Kidd wandering and invites him to stay at his house?
(a) Tak.
(b) Lanya.
(c) Denny.
(d) Madame Brown.

5. When Kidd finally decides to write again, what does he write?
(a) Nothing. He has nothing to write.
(b) A comic book.
(c) More poems.
(d) A full book.

6. At the end of this section, what does Denny finally decide to do?
(a) Take Kidd to see Lanya.
(b) Seek out a more exclusive relationship with Lanya.
(c) Break up with Kidd and Lanya.
(d) Seek out a more exclusive relationship with Kidd.

7. While walking to Lanya's school, who do they see?
(a) The death, blind, blonde Mexican.
(b) The red headed Irish man.
(c) Children fighting in the school yard.
(d) Tak, running errands.

8. What does Captain Kamp, a former member of the space program, think he saw in the sky?
(a) Radiation.
(b) Planes exploding.
(c) Cars crashing
(d) The sun bursting.

9. How have the characters been unable to grow themselves throughout the book?
(a) They are all experiencing memory loss.
(b) The characters have settled into their lives.
(c) There is something in Bellona which keeps people from aging.
(d) They all want to stay in Bellona which offers no growth.

10. Why does Denny have to describe the new place in which he, Kidd and all the scorpions are living to Kidd?
(a) Kidd wanders into the wrong house.
(b) Kidd does not want to remember.
(c) Kidd can't remember being there.
(d) Actually, Kidd remembers where he lives.

11. What has Kidd done to fit in with the scorpions?
(a) Stolen from Lanya for them.
(b) Raped women to show he is worthy of their group.
(c) Adopted their lifestyle.
(d) Killed for them.

12. What does Lanya choose to do for Kidd?
(a) Watch a movie with him on television.
(b) Drive him to Calkins.
(c) Make his dinner.
(d) His laundry.

13. Why does Frank want to join the scorpions?
(a) He wants to pressure Kidd.
(b) He is trying to be more manly.
(c) The situation at the park commune is changing.
(d) Frank is greedy and wants the scorpions' food.

14. When Kidd is finally able to see Lanya, what do they discuss?
(a) Ways to improve their relationship.
(b) Poetry and capital punishment.
(c) Denny's oddness.
(d) Their inability to effectively communicate.

15. What happens to the poems Kidd writes while he lives with the scorpions?
(a) Lanya takes the poems and stores them for Kidd.
(b) Lanya tears them up.
(c) They are ripped up by Calkins.
(d) They are stolen by Frank.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Lanya like the scorpions' house?

2. What is this section of the book like?

3. Why is June looking for her brother Edward at the scorpions nest?

4. The constant sex, violence, and manipulations prove that the people of Bellona have _______.

5. Later, at the bar, what is everyone discussing?

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