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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 does Marx humorously note about Plucky and the Corpse's plane ride from Rome to Seattle?
(a) It is the Messiah's first trip of this nature.
(b) The passengers must have felt extraordinarily peaceful.
(c) The airplane must be blessed against all occurances.
(d) Plucky must have eaten all of Amanda's marijuana cookies in order to relax on the plane.

2. 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) No one will believe them.
(c) Jesus Christ never ascended to Heaven.
(d) They are in charge of revealing the Lord to the world.

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

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

5. In Marx's vision, upon what animal does Tarzan ride?
(a) A donkey.
(b) A horse.
(c) A zebra.
(d) A goat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marx suggest as being the beginning stages of John Paul and Amanda's spiritualism?

2. How did the narrator and Amanda liberate the fleas?

3. What is Marx's ultimate idea on what to do with the Corpse?

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

5. What is singularly remarkable about people's recognition of the Corpse?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Second Coming as Marx discovers it.

2. Why does Amanda decide she no longer wishes to be a part of the Corpse's future?

3. What is significant about Amanda's wishes for the Corpse?

4. What duties does Marx perform at the zoo?

5. What does Amanda point out that squashes Pulcky and Marx's idea of using the corpse to blackmail people in charge of the world?

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

7. Compare and contrast Pan and Jesus.

8. What observations do the Zillers and Marx make about the loggers and their work?

9. Why do the Zillers tend to avoid alcohol?

10. What is John Paul's plan for the Corpse when he disappears with it, Mon Cul, and Plucky Purcell?

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