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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hippolyte's estimated cost for the entire job?
(a) No extra charge, he is on salary.
(b) A few hundred dollars.
(c) Not too bad.
(d) A few thousand dollars.

2. What do Mr. and Mrs. Tilson tell Norman about Hippolyte?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) He has been in an insane asylum.
(c) He may have cut the throat of a policeman.
(d) He once lived with Shiela and fathered two of her children.

3. What is Norman hoping the governor will do to help him with his immigration problem?
(a) Locate a generator for the club.
(b) Find a solution to the club's water problem.
(c) Intervene with Miss Buckley on behalf of Esme.
(d) Get Miss Buckley fired from her job.

4. What happens to the tarpaulin during the champagne party?
(a) It traps everyone, but they are too drunk to care.
(b) It blows halfway across the lobby.
(c) It blows open and ends the party.
(d) It blows out to sea.

5. In Chapter 9, what does Norman hear as he drifts off to sleep for his before dinner nap?
(a) Rain.
(b) The birds.
(c) The steel band warming up.
(d) Thunder in the distance.

6. Who promises to find Esme for Norman in the morning?
(a) Miss Buckley.
(b) The Governor.
(c) Iris Tramm.
(d) Church.

7. Who goes along to the airport with Norman when he meets Henny's plane?
(a) Iris Tramm.
(b) Shiela.
(c) Bob Cohn.
(d) Janet West.

8. What does the Sending do while he is on the dive?
(a) None are correct.
(b) He races Bob Cohn and the Chief.
(c) He catches a fish.
(d) He swims back to shore by himself.

9. Where does Norman go when he borrows Church's rain coat?
(a) To the Thousand Steps.
(b) To Georgetown.
(c) To check the cistern.
(d) To check on Iris.

10. What does Norman do to make up for the problem with the tarpaulin?
(a) He offers free breakfast.
(b) He goes to bed and gives everyone free run of the club.
(c) He suggests a swim since they are already wet.
(d) He offers free drinks until dawn.

11. What does Norman see bellying from the wind as he walks through the lobby of the club?
(a) The Kinjan flag.
(b) The tarpaulin covering the work area.
(c) The curtains.
(d) The United States flag.

12. In Chapter 9, why does Norman feel certain the threatening storm will pass them by?
(a) Because it never rains on their part of the island.
(b) Because they can use the water.
(c) Because it looks like a small storm.
(d) Because he believes in wishful thinking.

13. Who does Norman Paperman dance with first at the champagne party?
(a) Esme.
(b) Iris Tramm.
(c) Shiela.
(d) Mrs. Sanders.

14. Where does the Sending finish his stay on the island?
(a) On the beach.
(b) At the Gull Reef Club.
(c) Casa Encartda.
(d) In the hospital.

15. Where is Dingley Dell?
(a) On the island of Big Dog.
(b) On the island of Little Dog.
(c) Just south of Georgetown.
(d) Behind the Gull Reef Club.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Norman learn after he and Iris make love?

2. What does Norman realize in the middle of the generator crisis?

3. What is Iris and Norman's last stop as they do the island night life?

4. Where does Norman send the Sending when he asks about a room?

5. What else happens at the airport the day Lester and Henny arrive?

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