View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What awakens Mrs. Sanders' USO hostess blood?
(a) Soldiers in the corner of the room.
(b) Sailors standing alone.
(c) Mr. Sanders.
(d) Kinjans dancing in groups.

2. What does Norman learn about his friend Lionel when he has dinner at Hogan's Fancy?
(a) Lionel is going to buy Senator Pullman's bar.
(b) Lionel is going to invest in Crab Cove.
(c) Lionel is going to buy Casa Encantada.
(d) Lionel is going to buy Hogan's Fancy.

3. Who is hurt before Hippolyte is captured?
(a) Meadows.
(b) Norman.
(c) Lester.
(d) Iris.

4. What happens to the Sending and Bob Cohn at lunch?
(a) They have an eating contest.
(b) They find that they agree about fear and courage.
(c) They get into a debate about fear and courage.
(d) They have a fight over Hazel.

5. At breakfast his first morning on the island, what does the Sending say about his stay at Casa Encantada?
(a) The place gives him the creeps.
(b) He felt right at home and loved it.
(c) He wished they served food.
(d) The place would be great for his writing.

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

7. What does Norman hope to do at Dingley Dell?
(a) Skinny dip in the ocean.
(b) Make love to Iris.
(c) Eat the tiny oranges grown there.
(d) Take a long nap.

8. How long does Hippolyte say it will take to finish the new rooms?
(a) Not too long.
(b) A couple of days.
(c) About a week.
(d) About two weeks.

9. Why is the generator taken away from the club?
(a) It is stolen and the police confiscated it.
(b) It is broken and needed repair.
(c) It belongs to Senator Easter.
(d) It belongs to the hospital.

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

11. Where is Norman told he will find the person he is looking for after he returns from Miss Buckley's office?
(a) Lover's Beach.
(b) Georgetown.
(c) Big Dog.
(d) The Thousand Steps.

12. Since Hippolyte does such a good job on everything else, what does Norman ask him to do?
(a) Work on the Crab Cove job for Lester.
(b) Finish the job Tex Akers abandoned.
(c) Help with the gondola.
(d) Greet people at the airport.

13. What else happens at the airport the day Lester and Henny arrive?
(a) His daughter is not with them because she and the Sending were taking a different flight.
(b) There is a mistake with the steaks Norman is expecting for the Tilson party.
(c) It is so hot all the food Norman ordered for the Tilson party has spoiled.
(d) All the chicken they needed for the curried chicken for the Tilson party hai arrived thawed.

14. What does the Sending think of the island when he first sees it?
(a) He thinks it is the most beautiful place he's ever seen.
(b) He thinks the stench is enough to make one sick.
(c) He is shocked it is so small.
(d) He thinks it is filthy and wonders about disease.

15. What does Hippolyte do in ten days?
(a) He starts running the Senator's bar.
(b) He fixes everything at the club.
(c) She builds a room on her house for a nursery.
(d) He prepares to deliver Esme's baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Norman do to make up for the problem with the tarpaulin?

2. What does Norman say that really upsets Miss Buckley while in her office?

3. On the night of the Tilson's party, what has Norman arranged for special entertainment for the guests on the beach?

4. What does Iris explain about the homosexuals living on the island?

5. What does the Sending do while he is on the dive?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 776 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample