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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens as Norman danced with Iris at the Tilson party?
(a) Someone called "fire,"
(b) The Governor gets jealous and hits him.
(c) Someone taps on his shoulder interrupting them.
(d) Iris passes out in his arms.

3. What question does Iris ask Norman over dinner at Hogan's Fancy?
(a) "What's it like to have kids?"
(b) "Would you like to run away with me?"
(c) "How many years have you been married?"
(d) "How old are you, Norman?"

4. Where does Norman send the Sending when he asks about a room?
(a) To Big Dog island where there are a lot of rooms.
(b) To pitch a tent on the beach.
(c) To the Casa Encantada.
(d) To the registration desk at the Gull Reef Club.

5. What happens when the Sending learns he is going to be tied to the Chief during their dive?
(a) He says the rope is for sissies.
(b) He argues and won't dive.
(c) He protests.
(d) He stomps his feet and says "no!"

6. What does Shiela show Norman?
(a) The steaks on the grill.
(b) A shark.
(c) Hippolyte swimming in the water.
(d) A basket floating in the water.

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

8. What does Iris explain about the homosexuals living on the island?
(a) All the answers are correct.
(b) No sailors have ever been seen at the Casa.
(c) A senator once tried to introduce a bill to get rid of them.
(d) Some of the homosexuals on the island are rich taxpayers.

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

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

11. What happens while Iris helps Norman make up the beds on the morning after the champagne party?
(a) The cistern breaks.
(b) The rain stopps.
(c) They run out of clean sheets.
(d) There is an earthquake.

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

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) All the chicken they needed for the curried chicken for the Tilson party hai arrived thawed.
(c) There is a mistake with the steaks Norman is expecting for the Tilson party.
(d) It is so hot all the food Norman ordered for the Tilson party has spoiled.

14. What drunken person does Norman first need to get rid of so he doesn't ruin the Tilson's party?
(a) Hippolyte.
(b) Lester.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Millard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the invitation that Norman receives that is a very good thing for his status on the island?

2. Who promises to find Esme for Norman in the morning?

3. Who is Hippolyte Lamartine?

4. What is the first thing Lester says when he arrives on the island?

5. What two things are constant about Hippolyte?

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