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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What heirloom does Mary promise to leave Akiko when she dies?

2. Which group survives in the greatest numbers in the watery environment of the Galapagos Archipelago?

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

4. What disease does Leon Trout contract from a Saigon prostitute?

5. What was James Wait's father and mother's other relation?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Kazakh in Chapter 31?

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

4. Why does Mary Hepburn like James Wait immediately?

5. How is Prince Richard murdered? Who kills him?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the need for human companionship as seen in the novel. To what extent do the characters need one another? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Mandarax speaks in quotes. Examine three specific quotes Mandarax uses and discuss the impact of these quotes on the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Technology and robots are widely seen and used throughout the novel. In what ways has technology effected the characters in the novel? What dangers are there for a society which greatly depends on technology?

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