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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are "ghetto blasters?"

2. How many Maine lobsters were in aerated tanks of saltwater on board the Bahia before it was looted.

3. Who was Mrs. Onassis's first husband?

4. Who is Sinka?

5. Who does Hisako Hiroguchi perform her first intimate act with in Chapter 32?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mary Hepburn like James Wait immediately?

2. In Book 2: Chapter 12, what does the narrator suggest as a means for Mary Hepburn to keep on living with the Captain for a little while longer?

3. Does Leon Trout obey the Father's request for him to go into the blue tunnel? Explain.

4. What happens to Kazakh in Chapter 31?

5. After 10 years on the Island, how does the Captain change?

6. Why are the Kanka-bono girls laughing at the Captain in Chapter 11? Why does the Captain think they are laughing?

7. How does Quezeda feed his brain's thirst for self-esteem and alcohol?

8. Why is the Bahia considered to be a ghost ship in the opinion of humankind?

9. Did James Wait ever reproduce? Explain.

10. How is Prince Richard murdered? Who kills him?

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