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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Rafi’s first-grade teacher?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Ebberson.
(c) Davidson.
(d) Patterson.

2. How many solar panels does Makatea boast?
(a) 400.
(b) 200.
(c) 300.
(d) 100.

3. Which of the following does Ina cultivate?
(a) Squash.
(b) Yam.
(c) Potato.
(d) Jicama.

4. In what year do phosphate operations on Makatea cease?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1966.

5. To which university does Evie apply?
(a) Emory.
(b) Johns Hopkins.
(c) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
(d) Duke.

6. What is Bart’s nickname?
(a) Limpwrist.
(b) Lamprey.
(c) Limp-along.
(d) Limpet.

7. What book do Bart and Evie read together?
(a) Clearly It Is Ocean.
(b) On the Road.
(c) The Silent World.
(d) Moby-Dick.

8. In what class does Todd first encounter Rafi?
(a) Ecclesiastical Latin.
(b) Pre-calculus.
(c) World Civ.
(d) History of Jazz.

9. In what hospital does Rafi’s sister die?
(a) Weiss Memorial.
(b) South Shore.
(c) Cook County.
(d) Mount Sinai.

10. To which of the following does Evie apply for postgraduate schooling?
(a) Stanford.
(b) Scripps.
(c) Claremont.
(d) UCLA.

11. With which of the following does the novel begin?
(a) “Indeed, we have heard how, in days of yore, / the heroes of Spear-Danes did valorous deeds, / and of the majesty of their monarchs!”
(b) “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
(c) “Before the Earth, / before the moon, / before the stars, / before the sun, / before the sky, / even before the sea, / there was only time and Ta’aroa.”
(d) “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”

12. Which of the following appellations is assigned to Rafi by his classmates?
(a) Snitch.
(b) Preach.
(c) Teach.
(d) Itch.

13. What is the name of Rafi’s mother?
(a) Sondra.
(b) Shaundra.
(c) Sonya.
(d) Sunny.

14. Which of the following appellations is assigned to Rafi by his classmates?
(a) Fauntleroy.
(b) Poindexter.
(c) Popinjay.
(d) Milquetoast.

15. From which of the following does Rafi steal?
(a) Chuck Strongman.
(b) Hank McCoy.
(c) Joey Blackman.
(d) Bobby Armstrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Todd in the present of the novel?

2. Which of the following identified phosphates?

3. What nickname do Todd’s parents give him?

4. What is the first game Todd remembers playing with his father?

5. How does the novel gloss the term “fenua”?

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