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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, pages 294-327, and Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Amanda purchase from the Cowboy after Marx's employment?
(a) A rooster.
(b) An invisible dog.
(c) A nearly-extinct butterfly.
(d) The world's largest hat.

3. What is significant about the presence of the federal agents at the zoo at the end of the book?
(a) They have arrested Father Gustadt.
(b) They are employed by the Vatican.
(c) They know nothing of the Corpse.
(d) They believe they are investigating a drug ring.

4. What method does Marx propose in regards to the Corpse?
(a) Taking Him to the public.
(b) Disposing of Him.
(c) Giving Him back to the Vatican.
(d) Hiding Him in the basement of the zoo forever.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in bed with Amanda when Marx returns home?

2. What does Marx suggest as being the beginning stages of John Paul and Amanda's spiritualism?

3. What significant fact is brought into questioning concerning the presence of the Corpse?

4. What is Marx's ultimate idea on what to do with the Corpse?

5. How many days do the Zillers, Marx, and Plucky give themselves to decide what to do about the Corpse?

(see the answer key)

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