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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 devices are used to motivate the nuns and priests to continue working diligently at the Vatican?
(a) Electronic maps.
(b) World population counters.
(c) Clocks.
(d) Metronomes.

2. What hint does John Paul leave behind for Amanda when he, Plucky, and Mon Cul run away the Corpse?
(a) A magazine clipping about a deadly expedition into the Arctic.
(b) His journal, which details his dreams about dying in the sunlight.
(c) A map of Jerusalem.
(d) An article about an experimental solar balloon that can be manned by baboons.

3. After detailing Plucky's escape from the Vatican, whom does Marx address for posterity?
(a) The Cowboy.
(b) Baby Thor.
(c) Amanda.
(d) John Paul.

4. In this flash-forward into the future, of what does Marx feel he and Amanda are running out?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Excuses for John Paul's absence.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Plucky note about the vaults under the Vatican?

2. Where are the lumberjacks spotted by Marx and the Zillers?

3. After the arrival of Father Gustadt and the undercover agents, what does Marx wake up to discover the next day?

4. What does Amanda attempt to teach Marx in his first days with their zoos?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why and how does Marx address Baby Thor?

2. Describe Amanda's suggestion that the federal agent is a symbol junkie.

3. Discuss the continual conflict between Marx and Amanda prior to his suicide attempt.

4. How do the Zillers, Plucky and Marx allow themselves to relax before addressing the presence of the Corpse?

5. What is Plucky Purcell's fate and final message?

6. Compare and contrast Pan and Jesus.

7. What does Plucky notice about the Vatican that pushes him to conclude that the Catholic church is dying?

8. What purpose does the delivery man serve in interrupting the group's celebration?

9. Why does Marx attempt suicide and what change overcome him as a result?

10. Why is Plucky being sent to Vatican City and why is this significant?

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