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

2. Why does Amanda insist upon freeing the garter snakes and fleas when the narrator switches to the future time frame?
(a) She is afraid that they are growing too dangerous for private care.
(b) She thinks they are depressed.
(c) She fears their governmental custody.
(d) She feels it is cruel to keep them imprisoned.

3. What comprises John Paul Ziller's normal attire?
(a) Cut off blue jeans.
(b) Shaman's headdress.
(c) Loin cloth.
(d) Bone armor.

4. Why did Plucky have to transport Mon Cul for John Paul?
(a) Mon Cul dislikes motorcycles.
(b) Mon Cul was refused entry onto the train.
(c) Mon Cul was ill and forced to stay behind with Plucky to recuperate.
(d) Mon Cul refuses to wear a helmet on the motorcycle.

5. What did Amanda once hide inside a hollow tree in order to trick woodpeckers into pecking the tree?
(a) A ticking clock.
(b) A bird's nest.
(c) A fake bird.
(d) A stash of food.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what insect is Marx Marvelous fascinated on a scientific level?

2. What offer from Nearly Normal Jimmy did John Paul decline after the disbanding of the circus?

3. What did Plucky stumble over while walking in the woods?

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

5. How did Plucky manage to end his college football career?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Plucky discharged from the military?

2. What are Marx's impressions of the hot dog stand?

3. Why did Marx create a new name for himself?

4. Why did Plucky become a drug dealer?

5. What happens to Amanda's pregnancy?

6. Why is Marx interested in working with John Paul and Amanda?

7. Describe Amanda and John Paul's wedding ceremony.

8. Describe John Paul's gifts to his wife in the hospital and meaning behind them.

9. What is significant about the suitcase found in Miami?

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

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