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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. What important object is missing from the Bahia?
(a) The helm.
(b) The figurehead.
(c) The hull.
(d) The anchor.
2. Who steers the Bahia during the night in Book 2: Chapter 4?
(a) Mandarax.
(b) Mary Hepburn.
(c) Kamikaze.
(d) Adolf von Kleist.
3. Who plans to commit suicide by smashing a bus into something?
(a) Siegfried von Kleist.
(b) Selena MacIntosh.
(c) James Wait.
(d) Willard Flemming.
4. Who does the surviving group on board the Bahia expect the most trouble to come from in Chapter 37?
(a) James Wait.
(b) Madarax.
(c) Leon Trout.
(d) Kazakh.
5. What animal begins attacking the Captain's bedsores?
(a) Vampire finches.
(b) Sea lions.
(c) Blue-footed boobies.
(d) Land tortoises.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is James Wait laid on the sun deck of the Bahia in Book 2: Chapter 1?
2. Who is Kamikaze?
3. Who finds himself posing as a protector of children?
4. Who could be seen as a virtuous knight as in days of yore in Chapter 38?
5. Who is drunk and has the hick-ups in Chapter 37?
Short Essay Questions
1. How many times has the narrator seen the blue tunnel in to the Afterlife? Where has he seen it appear?
2. Why does Siegfried von Kleist dance in Chapter 37?
3. Why does James Wait tell Mary Hepburn to call him by his first name? By what name does Mary call James?
4. After 10 years on the Island, how does the Captain change?
5. What happens to Kazakh in Chapter 31?
6. Why is the Bahia considered to be a ghost ship in the opinion of humankind?
7. Is Siegfried von Kleist successful at committing suicide in Chapter 38? Explain.
8. What is the irony behind the marriage of Mary Kaplan and Willard Flemming in Book 2: Chapter 4?
9. According to the narrator, why do people get hiccups?
10. When does Mary Hepburn begin her artificial insemination program? How old is she at the time?
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