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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. Which of the following author's are not quoted in Chapter 35?
(a) Plato.
(b) Jean De La Fontaine.
(c) Robert Browning.
(d) William Shakespeare.

2. Who do the Kanka-bono girls hate?
(a) Mary Hepburn.
(b) Adolf von Kleist.
(c) Akiko.
(d) Kamikaze.

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

4. Who finds himself posing as a protector of children?
(a) Leon Trout.
(b) Mandarax.
(c) Siefried von Kleist.
(d) James Wait.

5. Who is Orlon?
(a) Dirno's four year old son.
(b) Mary's four year old son.
(c) Sinka's four year old son.
(d) Akiko's four year old son.

Short Answer Questions

1. As far as humanity is concerned, the Bahia is the new __________.

2. How does Mary Hepburn introduce herself to James Wait?

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

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

5. Who says: "I love you so much. Please marry me. I'm so lonesome. I'm so scared."

Short Essay Questions

1. Did James Wait ever reproduce? Explain.

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

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

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

5. According to the narrator, are there anymore left handed people in the world? Explain.

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

7. What is the launching of Reyes's missile compared to in Chapter 34?

8. What happens to Kazakh in Chapter 31?

9. How many times has the narrator seen the blue tunnel in to the Afterlife? Where has he seen it appear?

10. How does the narrator write this story?

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