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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, pages 48-83.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What concerns Amanda about John Paul's quiet anxiety as they restore their new home?
(a) She is afraid he regrets turning down the opportunity to go to Tibet.
(b) She is afraid that he will grow bored with being a husband and a father.
(c) She is afraid he is still in love with his first wife.
(d) She is afraid he regrets being married to her.

2. What offer from Nearly Normal Jimmy did John Paul decline after the disbanding of the circus?
(a) He declines Nearly Normal Jimmy's offer to take care of Mon Cul.
(b) He declines an opportunity to travel to Tibet.
(c) He declines to take over managing to the circus.
(d) He declined to go record with the Giant Panda Gypsy Blues Band in New York.

3. What is the name of Amanda's small child at the beginning of this novel?
(a) Odin.
(b) Thor.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Apollo.

4. Who is the circus manager and ringmaster of the Indo Tibetan Circus and Giant Panda Gypsy Blues Band?
(a) Nearly Normal Jimmy.
(b) Ba Ba.
(c) Smokestack Lightening.
(d) Madame Goody.

5. What type of vegetation is common to the area in which John Paul and Amanda settle, much to their delight?
(a) Mushrooms.
(b) Mangos.
(c) Apples.
(d) Sunflowers.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Amanda once hide inside a hollow tree in order to trick woodpeckers into pecking the tree?

4. At the end of this section, what new development is revealed when discussing the future fate of John Paul?

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

(see the answer key)

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