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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. When does Mary's second husband die?
(a) 2years after they are married.
(b) 2 months after they are married.
(c) 2 minutes after they are married.
(d) 2 weeks after they are married.

2. After the Bahia is raided, what is the Captain still in possession of?
(a) His sense of humor.
(b) His sense of direction.
(c) The rats inside the Bahia.
(d) The Maine lobster.

3. The narrator's mom once told him that he had the blood of a ________ noblemen flowing through his veins.
(a) Canadian.
(b) German.
(c) French.
(d) Asian.

4. 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 a marine biologist and a divorcee.
(d) As an ex-teacher and a widow.

5. Whose wife did James Wait have sexual relations with when he was still in Midland City, Ohio?
(a) Willard Flemming.
(b) Leon Trout.
(c) Dwayne Hoover.
(d) Adolf von Kleist.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the narrator, how do people comfort those who are sick?

3. Who was head of the English Department at Ilium High School who had proposed marriage to Mary Hepburn?

4. How many symphonies did James Wait tell Marry Hepburn he had composed?

5. Who do the Kanka-bono girls hate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator write this story?

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

3. Why does James Wait tell Mary Hepburn to call him by his first name? By what name does Mary call James?

4. According to the narrator, why do people get hiccups?

5. How is the Bahia married to the South American mainland?

6. What does the cancellation of "the Nature Cruise of the Century" mean to everyone in the bus in front of the Hotel El Dorado?

7. What is the irony behind the marriage of Mary Kaplan and Willard Flemming in Book 2: Chapter 4?

8. Who does Kamikaze catch by the spring and is about to copulate with?

9. Who does Akiko name one of her daughters after? Explain.

10. 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?

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