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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 fathers Akiko's seven furry children?
(a) Adolf von Kleist.
(b) Mandarax.
(c) Kamikaze.
(d) Siegfried von Kleist.

2. Who was head of the English Department at Ilium High School who had proposed marriage to Mary Hepburn?
(a) Samuel Butler.
(b) Charles Carryl.
(c) Joseph Conrad.
(d) Robert Wojciehowitz.

3. Where did Mary meet Roy Hepburn?
(a) On the Galapagos Islands.
(b) At an amusement park.
(c) At a dance studio.
(d) At an Indiana state park.

4. What would have happened to Leon Trout if the Marine Corps found out about Leon's disease?
(a) They would dock his pay.
(b) They would kill him.
(c) They would give him a dishonorable discharge.
(d) They would lock him up in an asylum.

5. Who said: "Progress has been much more general than retrogression."
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Henry Adams.
(d) Charles Darwin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What doubt does Mary Hepburn have that leads her to take action to get a Kanka-bono girl pregnant?

2. Whose wife did James Wait have sexual relations with when he was still in Midland City, Ohio?

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

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

5. After the Bahia is raided, what is the Captain still in possession of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Siegfried von Kleist dance in Chapter 37?

2. How does the narrator write this story?

3. What happens to Kazakh in Chapter 31?

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

5. Did James Wait ever reproduce? Explain.

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

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

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

9. When does Mary Hepburn begin her artificial insemination program? How old is she at the time?

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

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