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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. Who will become the six Eves to Captain von Kleist's Adam on Santa Rosalia?
(a) The Cheechako girls.
(b) The Kama'aina girls.
(c) The Kanka-bonos girls.
(d) The Kanaka Maoli girls.

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

3. What is the name of the Peruvian pilot who has his fighter-bomber skipping from wisp to wisp of finely divided matter at the very edge of the planet's atmosphere in Chapter 34?
(a) Bobby King.
(b) Kilgore Trout.
(c) Guillermo Reyes.
(d) Willard Flemming.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did James Wait become a sire?

2. What can the narrator see that Mary Hepburn can not in Book 2: Chapter 7?

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

4. Who plans to commit suicide by smashing a bus into something?

5. Where is the Bahia headed in Book 2: Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Did James Wait ever reproduce? Explain.

3. In the beginning of Chapter 13, what is Selena and Hisako seeking and finding?

4. Is Siegfried von Kleist successful at committing suicide in Chapter 38? Explain.

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

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

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

8. What is the story behind Selena MacIntosh's blindness?

9. What does the narrator say after the death of Kazakh and James Wait? Why does he say this?

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

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