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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. Where did Mary meet Roy Hepburn?

2. What is the name of the latest advance in the evolution of high explosives?

3. When does Selena find out that her father has passed away on the Bahia?

4. What are "ghetto blasters?"

5. Who responds to the Captain's SOS in Book 2: Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to the narrator, why do people get hiccups?

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

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

5. What happens to Kazakh in Chapter 31?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mental illness is a disorder characterized by disturbances in a person's thoughts, emotions, or behavior. Compare and contrast the views of mental illness as seen in the novel to modern day society. Use at least three examples from the novel to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss sensuality, sexuality, and fertility as it pertains to the novel. Be sure to give at least one example of each from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

The narrator, Leon Trout, states that all the sorrows of humankind are caused by "the only true villain in my story: the oversized human brain." Do you agree with his statement? Explain by using specific examples from the text.

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