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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pages 24-47.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument does Ziller play as Amanda sings during their first meeting?
(a) Piano.
(b) Flute.
(c) Horn.
(d) Drums.

2. What is significant about Amanda's pregnancy on the first night of her relationship with Ziller?
(a) Ziller ignores the pregnancy entirely.
(b) Ziller suggests that he is still the father.
(c) Ziller is initially concerned, but lets it pass.
(d) Ziller grows angry at her pregnancy.

3. At the end of this section, what new development is revealed when discussing the future fate of John Paul?
(a) He will be divorced from Amanda.
(b) Mon Cul will run away.
(c) Baby Thor will be sent away by John Paul.
(d) A corpse will be involved.

4. What is Nearly Normal Jimmy's explanation for why thunderstorms can affect human beings so strongly?
(a) Thunderstorms provide a reminder that nature is stronger than human beings.
(b) The loud claps of thunder.
(c) The primal site of the rain falling.
(d) Thunderstorms have negatively charged particles.

5. In what city were forty of the entertainers in the Indo Tibetan Circus and Giant Panda Gypsy Blues Band arrested?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Los Angeles.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what animal did John Paul Zimmer return to Washington after his studies in Paris?

2. What is John Paul's preferred method of transit?

3. Why are the men impressed with Plucky Purcell?

4. What story does Plucky tell the rednecks to appease their anger at the circus folk?

5. What occurrence in nature does Amanda believe holds great, mysterious power?

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