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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To where is Plucky Purcell transferred, per his letter that is revealed to Marx Marvelous?
(a) Toyko.
(b) Vatican City.
(c) Palestine.
(d) Tibet.

2. Why is Plucky able to easily leave the Vatican with the disguised Corpse?
(a) He uses a hidden passageway from the catacombs.
(b) He knocks anyone who opposes his exit unconscious.
(c) He bribes everyone he finds.
(d) No one wants to tangle with a man from the Society of the Felicitator.

3. Who does Marx suggest to the reader that should be a replacement for Jesus Christ?
(a) Their own self-worth and beliefs.
(b) Amanda.
(c) Plucky Purcell.
(d) John Paul.

4. From what infirmity do the caretaker nuns in the Vatican suffer?
(a) They lack feeling in their hands.
(b) Blindness.
(c) Muteness.
(d) Deafness.

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

6. Where are the lumberjacks spotted by Marx and the Zillers?
(a) Restaurant.
(b) Hardware store.
(c) Church.
(d) Movie theater.

7. What does Plucky note about the vaults under the Vatican?
(a) They are worth enough to end world hunger.
(b) Several remain sealed.
(c) They are guarded around the clock.
(d) They are full of stolen treasures.

8. What natural disaster occurs in Vatican City, causing Plucky to go explore the vaults?
(a) Flood.
(b) Earthquake.
(c) Snowstorm.
(d) Tornado.

9. How does Plucky and the others know that Father Gustadt has found them?
(a) They hear his voice.
(b) Their neighbor tells them a priest was asking for John Paul.
(c) John Paul's letters to Plucky at the monastery turn up on their front stoop.
(d) His bootprint was found by the front door.

10. Why do the Zillers, Marx, and Plucky find the Second Coming problematic?
(a) Jesus would never have wanted the Second Coming to be marked with violence and fear.
(b) They are in charge of revealing the Lord to the world.
(c) Jesus Christ never ascended to Heaven.
(d) No one will believe them.

11. For what piece of vegetation does Marx help the Zillers hunt?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Apples.
(c) Spinach.
(d) Mushrooms.

12. What is the name of Plucky's artist friend from Italy?
(a) George O. Supper.
(b) Boomer Petway.
(c) Marcel LeFever.
(d) Bernard Mickey Wrangle.

13. What does Plucky Purcell find in the catacombs of the Vatican?
(a) The cross upon which Christ was crucified.
(b) Jesus's body.
(c) The Shroud of Turin.
(d) The Dead Sea scrolls.

14. What self-imposed is inflicting Jesus in Marx's vision?
(a) He has refused beverage for days in the desert.
(b) He has been awake for forty days.
(c) He has flogged himself.
(d) He is fasting.

15. What are Amanda's wishes for the Corpse?
(a) She wants to give Him a proper burial.
(b) She wants to blackmail the higher powers with the Corpse.
(c) She wants to take Him public.
(d) She wants to give Him back to the Vatican.

Short Answer Questions

1. Despite her open marriage with John Paul, why does Amanda refuse to have sex with Marx?

2. What awakens the group the first morning they have assembled together to discuss the Second Coming?

3. After his suicide attempt, what changes begin to occur in Marx?

4. What false alarm frightens the group from their story-telling session when trying to decide what to do with the Corpse?

5. When Marx is introduced to the letters of Plucky, how long has Plucky Purcell been in the monastery?

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