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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, pages 219-258.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Marx scientifically date the Corpse?
(a) The acidity of the cloths wrapping the Corpse.
(b) Fingerprint analysis.
(c) Rate of deterioration.
(d) Carbon dating.

2. After his discharge from the military, what vocation did Plucky explore?
(a) Drug dealer.
(b) Undercover police work.
(c) Pimp.
(d) Smuggler.

3. Why did Marx marry his friend's pregnant lover?
(a) He wanted to have a child.
(b) He was blackmailed into doing so.
(c) He was paid to help her out.
(d) He fell in love with her.

4. What does Marx admit about his impressions of the Zillers in his journal?
(a) He is unable to be objective about them.
(b) He is afraid of Amanda.
(c) He dislikes John Paul.
(d) He finds them to be too strange to not be repulsed.

5. What endangered animal do John Paul and Amanda agree to focus on conserving?
(a) San Francisco garter snake.
(b) Tibetan panda.
(c) Alaskan polar bear.
(d) The German loon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what branch of the military was Plucky once enlisted?

2. What does Marx humorously note about Plucky and the Corpse's plane ride from Rome to Seattle?

3. With what insect is Marx Marvelous fascinated on a scientific level?

4. What offer from Nearly Normal Jimmy did John Paul decline after the disbanding of the circus?

5. According to Marx, whose body is in the pantry when he returns home to the Zillers from vacation?

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