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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the narrator's mom take him as a child that his father did not approve of?
(a) The aquarium.
(b) The zoo.
(c) The playground.
(d) The circus.

2. According to the narrator, what is one of the top 1000 serious inherited diseases of Homo sapiens?
(a) Retinitis pigmentosa.
(b) Bird flu.
(c) Conjunctivitis.
(d) External Otitis.

3. During the first 13 years on Santa Rosalia, who is the only fertile women?
(a) Mary Hepburn.
(b) Selena MacIntosh.
(c) Akiko Hiroguchi.
(d) Jacqueline Onassis.

4. Who does Hisako Hiroguchi perform her first intimate act with in Chapter 32?
(a) Siegfried.
(b) Selena.
(c) Mandarax.
(d) Mary.

5. Who is the Captain addressing when he shouts, "Welcome to 'the Nature Cruise of the Century'!"
(a) Mary Hepburn.
(b) Siegfried von Kleist.
(c) Leon Trout.
(d) Adolf von Kleist.

6. Why is James Wait laid on the sun deck of the Bahia in Book 2: Chapter 1?
(a) He is wet and needs to dry off.
(b) He is too pale and needs a tan.
(c) The rest of the ship is dark.
(d) He is to heavy to carry to bed.

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

8. On May 9, 2016, who tells Mary Hepburn to go and make peace with the Captain?
(a) Sinka.
(b) Selena.
(c) Kamikaze.
(d) Akiko.

9. What are "ghetto blasters?"
(a) Portable radios and tape-players.
(b) A type of whistle.
(c) Type of weapon.
(d) Walkie Talkies.

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

11. What did the narrator do in his sleep when he was alive?
(a) Wet the bed.
(b) Sleep talk.
(c) Sleep eat.
(d) Sleep walk.

12. Who is the only non-Kanka-bono who can converse with the Kanka-bonos?
(a) Mary Hepburn.
(b) Robert Wojciehowitz.
(c) Kamikaze.
(d) Akiko.

13. What animal is Mary Hepburn hallucinating to be while suffocating herself?
(a) A land tortoise.
(b) A chameleon.
(c) A snake.
(d) A blue-footed booby.

14. What disease does Leon Trout contract from a Saigon prostitute?
(a) Leprosy.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Thrush.

15. What food source is a cure for people with vitamin and mineral deficiencies?
(a) Whale tongue.
(b) Seaweed.
(c) Shark fin.
(d) Oysters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Leon Trout's fellow Marine recommends a young __________ doctor to treat his disease.

3. What is the name of the latest advance in the evolution of high explosives?

4. What instrument does the Captain of the Bahia use to call for help?

5. Who speaks to Leon above the stern of the Bahia?

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