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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who bathes the Captain every day and shampoos and combs his beard and hair?
(a) Mary Hepburn.
(b) Akiko.
(c) Sinka.
(d) Kamikaze.

2. Which of the following author's are not quoted in Chapter 35?
(a) Jean De La Fontaine.
(b) Robert Browning.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) Plato.

3. Which group survives in the greatest numbers in the watery environment of the Galapagos Archipelago?
(a) Fisher-folk.
(b) Farmer-folk.
(c) Business-folk.
(d) Manufacture -folk.

4. How many Maine lobsters were in aerated tanks of saltwater on board the Bahia before it was looted.
(a) 365.
(b) 50.
(c) 200.
(d) 450.

5. The balance between the colonists and their food supply is based on ________.
(a) Luck.
(b) Desire.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Trust.

6. What does James Wait say he thought people were put on earth to do?
(a) To gain knowledge.
(b) To find cures to diseases.
(c) To work until they die.
(d) To help each other.

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

8. Where does Siegfried von Kleist tell Selena her father went in Chapter 31?
(a) To the bait and tackle store.
(b) For a swim in the ocean.
(c) To the airport.
(d) To Heaven.

9. Who says: "I love you so much. Please marry me. I'm so lonesome. I'm so scared."
(a) Mary Hepburn.
(b) Madarax.
(c) James Wait.
(d) Kamikaze.

10. What does Mary use to try and suffocate herself in Chapter 29?
(a) Her Jackie dress.
(b) Panti hose.
(c) Saran wrap.
(d) Duct tape.

11. Who does the surviving group on board the Bahia expect the most trouble to come from in Chapter 37?
(a) Madarax.
(b) Leon Trout.
(c) James Wait.
(d) Kazakh.

12. How many symphonies did James Wait tell Marry Hepburn he had composed?
(a) 2.
(b) 60.
(c) 22.
(d) 13.

13. What doubt does Mary Hepburn have that leads her to take action to get a Kanka-bono girl pregnant?
(a) Whether Kamikazi was able to reproduce.
(b) Whether a woman could be impregnated by another one.
(c) Whether the Captain was able to reproduce.
(d) Whether the Kanka-bono girls were furtile.

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

15. Where is the Bahia headed in Book 2: Chapter 2?
(a) New York.
(b) Fiji.
(c) Australia.
(d) Baltra.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sinka?

2. Who responds to the Captain's SOS in Book 2: Chapter 7?

3. Who finds himself posing as a protector of children?

4. Kamikaze copulates with all the following except, __________.

5. How many times has the narrator materialized since becoming a ghost?

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