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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Amanda send Plucky Purcell for Christmas?
(a) Marijuana cookies.
(b) Mushroom tea.
(c) Beer bread.
(d) LSD-laced candy.

2. What false alarm frightens the group from their story-telling session when trying to decide what to do with the Corpse?
(a) A thunderstorm.
(b) Mon Cul wakes up from a nightmare.
(c) A shelving unit breaking loose.
(d) A knock on the door.

3. How does Plucky Purcell feel about the monks around him?
(a) Amused.
(b) Disgusted.
(c) Respectful.
(d) Afraid.

4. What movie does Nearly Normal Jimmy carry with him on his journey to his next destination from the Peace Corp?
(a) King Kong.
(b) Tarzan's Triumph.
(c) The Maltese Falcon.
(d) Casablanca.

5. Which of the four adults residing in the Ziller household during the episode with the Corpse points out that, no matter what they decide to do with Him, people will believe what they want and could destroy anything that tells them otherwise?
(a) Plucky Purcell.
(b) John Paul.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Marx Marvelous.

6. Why was Pan highly sexual, according to Tarzan?
(a) He was a heavy drinker of wine.
(b) He believed sex was what kept belief in Him alive.
(c) He lived in nature.
(d) He was an animal from the waist down.

7. What is Marx's ultimate idea on what to do with the Corpse?
(a) Send Him to Nearly Normal Jimmy to take the Dalai Lama.
(b) Put Him on display at the zoo.
(c) Send Him home for a proper burial.
(d) Blackmail the powers that be into making positive changes in the world.

8. While Amanda ultimately decides there is nothing morally wrong with eating meat, with what practice does she take umbrage?
(a) Hunting animals for fun instead of food.
(b) Forced mating.
(c) Animals in stockyards.
(d) Animals raised for fast food purposes.

9. How did the narrator and Amanda liberate the fleas?
(a) The fleas crept out onto a tree branch.
(b) The fleas were placed on the invisible dog.
(c) The fleas were mailed.
(d) The fleas were released from the window.

10. According to Marx's estimations, to where must John Paul return if he is to find true spiritual enlightenment?
(a) The moon.
(b) Africa.
(c) The sun.
(d) Tibet.

11. Why does Amanda believe that Marx joined their zoo?
(a) Marx is obsessed with baboons.
(b) Marx is in love with her.
(c) Marx longs for simple working pleasures.
(d) Marx is missing spiritual significance in his life and is hoping to find it with them.

12. What suggestion does Amanda give Marx about being able to think clearly on his own the night everyone goes their separate ways to consider the fate of the Corpse?
(a) Listen to the trees.
(b) Sleep upside down.
(c) Open a window.
(d) Smoke marijuana before falling asleep.

13. What does Amanda attempt to teach Marx in his first days with their zoos?
(a) Caring for Mon Cul.
(b) Mixing juices.
(c) Identifying mushrooms.
(d) Cooking hot dogs.

14. What story does Amanda tell everyone while they cool off from considering their problem with the Corpse?
(a) The relationship between butterflies and Eden.
(b) Her first lover.
(c) The mountain hermit's sense of the divine.
(d) The trance which left the symbol upon her hand.

15. After his suicide attempt, what changes begin to occur in Marx?
(a) He begins to question his scientific notions.
(b) He begins to relax about the notions of religion and spirituality.
(c) He begins to pursue other women.
(d) He begins to explore the idea of going to Tibet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amanda suggest about the FBI agent's anger at her ideas to Marx?

2. What impresses and intimidates Plucky about the Vatican?

3. Why does Amanda appear to flummox the FBI agents in the future?

4. What drew Marx away from following his mother's religion?

5. What natural disaster occurs in Vatican City, causing Plucky to go explore the vaults?

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