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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is revealed about John Paul's relationship status?
(a) He is still married.
(b) He is widowed.
(c) He has always been single.
(d) He is divorced.

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

3. Which of John Paul and Amanda's friends also befriended Marx Marvelous, leading the man to seek out the couple?
(a) Plucky Purcell.
(b) Smokestack Lightening.
(c) Nearly Normal Jimmy.
(d) Baba.

4. For what does Marx express disdain in regard to Amanda?
(a) Her education.
(b) Her free love.
(c) Her mysticism.
(d) Her wardrobe.

5. Where was Plucky forced to outrun a knife-wielding man?
(a) Guadalajara.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Buenos Aires.
(d) Cabo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Amanda, John Paul, and their neighbor find out about the attempted theft of the baboon at the zoo?

3. With what sort of friends and clients does Plucky prefer to associate?

4. In what branch of the military was Plucky once enlisted?

5. Where is the mysterious symbol on Amanda's body?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Amanda's lover's band get arrested?

2. What solution does Amanda come up with in regards to the animal portion of their zoo?

3. How does Marx feel about John Paul and Amanda?

4. Why did Plucky become a drug dealer?

5. According to the jumps in the future with the narrator, what is significant about John Paul's disappearance?

6. How does John Paul pay for Amanda's hospitalization?

7. Describe the narrative form of "Another Roadside Attraction."

8. What is significant about Plucky's job in logging?

9. Why was Plucky discharged from the military?

10. Who is Amanda?

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