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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who will become the six Eves to Captain von Kleist's Adam on Santa Rosalia?
(a) The Kanaka Maoli girls.
(b) The Kanka-bonos girls.
(c) The Kama'aina girls.
(d) The Cheechako girls.

2. Who fathers Akiko's seven furry children?
(a) Siegfried von Kleist.
(b) Mandarax.
(c) Kamikaze.
(d) Adolf von Kleist.

3. How does Mary Hepburn introduce herself to James Wait?
(a) As a marine biologist and a divorcee.
(b) As an ex-teacher and a widow.
(c) As a college professor and a widow.
(d) As a principal and a divorcee.

4. What is the international word for a ship in distress?
(a) Inferno.
(b) Ajutor.
(c) Mayday.
(d) Yardım.

5. What does Princess Charlotte design after the death of her husband, Prince Richard?
(a) Neckties.
(b) Bathing suits.
(c) Baby clothes.
(d) Wedding gowns.

6. What was James Wait's father and mother's other relation?
(a) Brother and sister.
(b) Cousins.
(c) Son and mother.
(d) Father and daughter.

7. Who finds himself posing as a protector of children?
(a) Siefried von Kleist.
(b) James Wait.
(c) Mandarax.
(d) Leon Trout.

8. What can the narrator see that Mary Hepburn can not in Book 2: Chapter 7?
(a) A tidal wave.
(b) The albatrosses.
(c) Land.
(d) The blue tunnel into the Afterlife.

9. What nickname does Mary Hepburn give to the Bahia?
(a) The Walloping Willow Blind.
(b) Leaky Weeks.
(c) Lady Broadway.
(d) The Gray Ghost.

10. Leon Trout's fellow Marine recommends a young __________ doctor to treat his disease.
(a) Russian.
(b) Scottish.
(c) Swedish.
(d) Irish.

11. What heirloom does Mary promise to leave Akiko when she dies?
(a) Orlon.
(b) Her wedding ring.
(c) Her notebook.
(d) Mandarax.

12. What important object is missing from the Bahia?
(a) The figurehead.
(b) The helm.
(c) The hull.
(d) The anchor.

13. Who is Orlon?
(a) Mary's four year old son.
(b) Akiko's four year old son.
(c) Dirno's four year old son.
(d) Sinka's four year old son.

14. How many times has the narrator been married?
(a) 1.
(b) 17.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

15. What is the name of the Peruvian pilot who has his fighter-bomber skipping from wisp to wisp of finely divided matter at the very edge of the planet's atmosphere in Chapter 34?
(a) Guillermo Reyes.
(b) Willard Flemming.
(c) Kilgore Trout.
(d) Bobby King.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Leon Trout?

2. What animal is Mary Hepburn hallucinating to be while suffocating herself?

3. Who steers the Bahia during the day in Book 2: Chapter 4?

4. What would have happened to Leon Trout if the Marine Corps found out about Leon's disease?

5. Who bathes the Captain every day and shampoos and combs his beard and hair?

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