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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 described in Chapter 53 as raging in frustration at drunken Anatomy students?
(a) Fred Downs.
(b) Margaret Garrett.
(c) Elson Farwell.
(d) Marshall Turnbull.

2. When was Minnesota admitted as a U.S. state?
(a) 1858.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1849.

3. Who claims that his brilliant unpublished tomes were burned in Chapter 65?
(a) Professor Edmund Bloomer.
(b) Elton Traynor.
(c) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(d) Thomas Havens.

4. What machine does Roger Bevins III describe being invented during the war in Chapter 55?
(a) The phonograph.
(b) The telephone.
(c) The radio.
(d) The telegraph.

5. What character evolves into a being with multiple eyes, ears, noses, hands, etc. in Chapter 41?
(a) Mr. Bevins.
(b) Jo Brunt.
(c) Margaret Garrett.
(d) Elson Farwell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Herndon’s Informants is said to detail whose account in Chapter 72?

2. How many sons does Lance Durning claim to have in Chapter 65?

3. Who is the fictional author attributed as having written “The Great War, as Described by Its Warriors"?

4. Where does the Reverend Thomas say his family ate for his funeral meal in Chapter 61?

5. Whose house does the Reverend Thomas describe next to his own as he died in Chapter 61?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Benjamin ("Benjy") and why is he mentioned by Mr. and Mrs. Baron in Chapter 65?

2. How did Bevins and Vollman once cause a wedding?

3. How have the spirits of the bardo changed in apperance after occupying Lincoln in Chapter 77?

4. How do the protagonists manage to sway Lincoln from leaving in Chapter 77?

5. What do Vollman and Bevins realize about the passage of time in Chapter 55?

6. How does Thomas Havens describe his life?

7. How is the experience of being in Lincoln described in Chapter 49?

8. What does the Reverend Thomas describe of his transformation in Chapter 80?

9. How does Mrs. Francis Hodge describe Litzie's life?

10. What is the focus on the excerpts in Chapter 47?

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