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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 is the only non-Kanka-bono who can converse with the Kanka-bonos?
(a) Akiko.
(b) Kamikaze.
(c) Robert Wojciehowitz.
(d) Mary Hepburn.

2. What secret does Mary Hepburn keep from the Captain in Book 2: Chapter 11?
(a) That she killed James Wait.
(b) That she was dying.
(c) That she found a food supply.
(d) That a Kanka-bono girl was pregnant.

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

4. Where is the Bahia headed in Book 2: Chapter 2?
(a) Fiji.
(b) New York.
(c) Australia.
(d) Baltra.

5. Who says: "I love you so much. Please marry me. I'm so lonesome. I'm so scared."
(a) James Wait.
(b) Kamikaze.
(c) Madarax.
(d) Mary Hepburn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food source is a cure for people with vitamin and mineral deficiencies?

2. Why is James Wait laid on the sun deck of the Bahia in Book 2: Chapter 1?

3. Where does Siegfried von Kleist tell Selena her father went in Chapter 31?

4. What does Mary use to try and suffocate herself in Chapter 29?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Leon Trout obey the Father's request for him to go into the blue tunnel? Explain.

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

3. What happens to Kazakh in Chapter 31?

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

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

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

7. In the Captain's story he shares with Akiko, how are lobsters much like humans?

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

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

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

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