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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Leigh-Cheri after the blast?
(a) She has some injuries and was deaf.
(b) She is not found.
(c) She is with her mother and Gulietta.
(d) She is killed in the blast.

2. Why can't Leigh-Cheri follow Bernard to the ends of the earth?
(a) She is grounded and can't leave home.
(b) The earth doesn't have any ends.
(c) She will never be able to walk that far.
(d) Because she doesn't know where he is to follow him.

3. In the second "Interlude", what does the writer do to the typewriter he is using to write this novel?
(a) He paints it red.
(b) He paints it blue.
(c) He sells it.
(d) He burns it.

4. Who gets Leigh-Cheri and Bernard out of the country?
(a) Ralph Nader.
(b) Queen Gulietta.
(c) Queen Tilli.
(d) King Max.

5. Where does Leigh-Cheri and Bernard live at the end of the story?
(a) The move in with Ralph Nader.
(b) They move to Hawaii.
(c) They live in the cave behind the waterfall.
(d) They move to the house at Puget Sound.

6. When will Leigh-Cheri receive her gift?
(a) When the next full moon rises.
(b) After she is over Bernard.
(c) Right away.
(d) After they are married.

7. What does Leigh-Cheri do while Bernard is in jail?
(a) Makes her room in the attic identical to Bernard's cell and lives like him.
(b) She pickets the jail where Bernard is inprisoned.
(c) She takes up smoking.
(d) She moves into her attic where she practices yoga to help her relax.

8. What example does Bernard give about myth?
(a) The Red Beards.
(b) The Man-on-the-Moon.
(c) The Yellow Hairs.
(d) The Argonites.

9. How does the writer reply in Spanish to the Cuban children?
(a) "I don't like Chiclets."
(b) "I don't speak Chiclets."
(c) "I don't speak Spanish."
(d) "I don't have Chiclets."

10. What does the writer tell the readers the Cuban children asked him for?
(a) Candy.
(b) Certs.
(c) Chiclets.
(d) Chickens.

11. What is the pea under Leigh-Cheri's mattress?
(a) Fear that she will become an outlaw like Bernard.
(b) All the social ills she has come to the conference to learn about.
(c) Fear that if she returns to the conference she may get caught up in the fighting.
(d) It is actually a large rock beneath her sleeping bag.

12. What doesLeigh-Cheri and Bernard eat and drink in order to survive after A'ben Fizel leaves them alone?
(a) Wedding cake and champagne.
(b) Bread and water.
(c) Birthday cake and champagne.
(d) Wedding cake and wine coolers.

13. While on the boat in Chapter Forty-Four, what does Leigh-Cheri and Bernard see?
(a) A fast shot of light that pulsated colored poka dots.
(b) A UFO hovering over them.
(c) Another boat speeding by.
(d) The giant full moon over Hawaii.

14. What two things does Bernard do that does not get him on the Queen's good side?
(a) Stains her carpet and maimes her dog.
(b) Spills ink that the dog drank and died.
(c) Gets blood on the carpet when he sits on her dog.
(d) Stains her carpet and kills her dog.

15. What happens when Leigh-Cheri realizes the red bearded man is Bernard?
(a) She hits him.
(b) She faints.
(c) She runs into his arms.
(d) She cries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the writer say might happen during the rest of the story?

2. What question does Leigh-Cheri ask Bernard in Chapter Forty-Three?

3. What happens to Bernard as a toddler?

4. When does Leigh-Cheri bathe while Bernard is in jail?

5. What is in the note Queen Tilli gives Leigh-Cheri the night before her wedding to A'ben Fizel?

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