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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Melody and Isadore dream of becoming?
(a) Wives.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Princesses.

2. When Wilbur and Eliza are children, where do their parents live?
(a) Sacatawa Lake.
(b) Turtle Bay, NY.
(c) Turtle Cove, MA.
(d) Saginaw, MI.

3. What university does Wilbur attend?
(a) Duke.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Hampshire.
(d) Yale.

4. How old is Wilbur at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) 68.
(b) 50.
(c) 100.
(d) 75.

5. The morning after her 15th birthday, Eliza requests to eat breakfast where?
(a) On the dock.
(b) On the front lawn.
(c) Overlooking the forest.
(d) In the Solarium.

6. How tall do Wilbur and Eliza grow?
(a) 3 meters.
(b) .5 meters.
(c) 1.5 meters.
(d) 2 meters.

7. Why does Dr. Cordiner resent Wilbur and Eliza?
(a) Their family is rich.
(b) Their ugliness.
(c) Their refusal to play small.
(d) Their effortless brilliance.

8. When Wilbur is a medical student, he is driven around in what?
(a) Rolls Royce.
(b) Jaguar.
(c) Mercedes.
(d) Limousine.

9. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what calamity has wiped out the city of New York?
(a) Disease.
(b) Famine.
(c) Depression.
(d) Nuclear war.

10. What decreases Wilbur and Eliza's intelligence?
(a) Seeing their parents.
(b) Reading a newspaper.
(c) Being apart.
(d) Watching television.

11. How are the passages in the mansion described?
(a) Narrow.
(b) Filled with ghosts.
(c) Made of white light.
(d) Covered in gold.

12. When Wilbur and Eliza reveal their intelligence to the staff at the mansion, they also do what?
(a) Give them money.
(b) Apologize.
(c) Cook and clean.
(d) Solve their problems.

13. Wilbur and Eliza's parents think their 15-year-old children need how much sleep?
(a) 12 hrs.
(b) 15 hrs.
(c) 8 hrs.
(d) 16 hrs.

14. Who do Melody and Isadore believe is the most important being in history?
(a) Jesus Christ.
(b) All of these.
(c) Santa Claus.
(d) Wilbur.

15. Where does Wilbur live at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) The Statue of Liberty.
(b) The Empire State Building.
(c) 1 Central Park West.
(d) Trump Towers.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the Prologue, what does Kurt daydream about on the plane ride?

2. Bernard sometimes gets in trouble for keeping what kind of a laboratory?

3. Dr. Cordiner believes Wilbur is capable of having a career in what field?

4. Who is the primary caretaker of Wilbur and Eliza when they are children?

5. When Wilbur is old, what habit does he engage in while speaking or writing?

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