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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While at Sardis, what does Norman Paperman tell his associates he and Henny were going to do?
(a) They are going to go back to the island to buy the club.
(b) They are going to take a vacation to the island to think about buying the club.
(c) They are going to avoid making a hasty decision about buying the club.
(d) They are going to spend winters on the island.

2. What is reported on the radio at dinner the night Norman Paperman returns from the island?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) The U.S. Seventh Fleet is off Formosa ready for problems with the Chinese.
(c) A teamsters strike is expected to paralyze the US economy.
(d) The Soviet Union has thermonuclear bombs.

3. What gift does Norman bring Henny when he returns to New York?
(a) An antique silver and diamond bracelet.
(b) He didn't bring her anything.
(c) A diamond necklace.
(d) A pair of Florentine silver earrings.

4. Why is Henny so excited when Norman returns from his appointment with Chunky Collins?
(a) She is caught in the island's spell.
(b) She is happy to see him and hear about his meeting.
(c) She is already planning the remodeling.
(d) She is drunk.

5. Who is Russell?
(a) One of the neighborhood kids.
(b) Hazel's son.
(c) Sheldon's three-year-old son.
(d) Sheldon's roommate.

6. What happens a little over a week after Norman becomes owner of the club?
(a) Esme has twins.
(b) Another earthquake.
(c) Lester Atlas returns.
(d) A storm hits the island.

7. How does Thor respond when Norman asks if he will continue working at the club?
(a) He will stay if he gets a promotion.
(b) He will stay as long as he gets a raise.
(c) He will stay until he can be captain of a boat.
(d) He said he will stay until he saves up enough to buy a boat.

8. Who disturbs the solitude of Iris and Norman's picnic?
(a) The Govenor.
(b) Meadows.
(c) Bob Cohn.
(d) Mrs. Ball.

9. What happens to the cistern?
(a) It overflows from all the rain.
(b) They find Church's body in it.
(c) It is contaminated.
(d) It cracks and is leaking water.

10. Who are the hill crowd?
(a) People who jog up and down Signal Mountain.
(b) The very poor people in town.
(c) People who want to stay dry when there is a flood.
(d) People who lived on Signal Mountain.

11. What does Tex Akers tell Norman after breaking a huge hole in the wall?
(a) He needs all the money so he can pay his men in advance.
(b) The club has termites.
(c) His men are on strike.
(d) He needs $2,000 to pay for supplies.

12. What do the Kinjan people think of American holidays?
(a) They prefer the Mardi Gras carnival spirit.
(b) It's an endless carnival when added to the British holidays.
(c) They prefer to just have their carnival holiday.
(d) They honor only the British holidays and the carnival.

13. Who is Iris Tramm/Janet West's near constant companion?
(a) Thor, her dog.
(b) Meadows, her cat.
(c) Pete, her parrot.
(d) Meadows, her dog.

14. What is Henny's reaction upon learning that Sheldon is married?
(a) She goes into the kitchen to keep from strangling him.
(b) She threatens him with a pie.
(c) She accepts it with a smile.
(d) She is angry.

15. Who is Anatone?
(a) Iris's friend.
(b) Senator Pullman's brother-in-law.
(c) Lorna's brother.
(d) Shiela's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the book about that Sheldon is writing?

2. What does Lionel see when he goes with Bob Cohn?

3. How does Thor explain the large number of employees at the club?

4. What is Sheldon's occupation?

5. Who did Iris Tramm once work for?

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