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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter Eighty-Four, why is Leigh-Cheri so angry at A'ben Fizel?
(a) He has men guarding her.
(b) He is rushing to finish her gift.
(c) He has a PI following her.
(d) He has found the golden ball and won't give it to her.

3. Why does Gulietta go on strike?
(a) She wants fifty dollars a week.
(b) All are correct answers.
(c) She wants it retroactive.
(d) She wants to be paid for the work she does.

4. What question does Leigh-Cheri ask at the end of Chapter Eighty-One?
(a) "Whatever happens to the golden ball?"
(b) "Why does the frog turn into a prince?"
(c) "Why can't I sleep?"
(d) "Where's Prince Charming?"

5. 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 sells it.
(c) He burns it.
(d) He paints it blue.

6. What word does Leigh-Cheri realize looks the same in a mirror?
(a) CHOICE.
(b) CHANGE.
(c) CHEERIOS.
(d) CAMELS.

7. At the end of Chapter Ninety-Three, what does the Red-Beard say to Leigh-Cheri?
(a) "Hello, Red."
(b) "Where's Waldo?"
(c) "Whatever happens to the gold ball?"
(d) "Hello, dragon bait."

8. Who is Nina Jablonski?
(a) Leigh-Cheri's doctor.
(b) Bernard's old girlfriend.
(c) Leigh-Cheri's best friend.
(d) Bernard's attorney.

9. What does Chuck think Leigh-Cheri is doing in Chapter Sixty-Two?
(a) Communicating with the dead.
(b) Having a party.
(c) Operating a radio transmitter.
(d) Running a gambling ring.

10. What question does Leigh-Cheri ask Bernard in Chapter Forty-Three?
(a) Who knows how to make pain go away?
(b) Who knows how to have a really good day?
(c) Who knows how to love all day?
(d) Who knows how to make love stay?

11. What unusual thing happens as Leigh-Cheri and Bernard describe their dream or hallucination?
(a) They blame it on the champagne, and decide never to drink on champagne again.
(b) They decide to keep it a secret.
(c) They both tell different stories about their dreams.
(d) They both recall the same memories from after the blast.

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

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

14. What is in the note Queen Tilli gives Leigh-Cheri the night before her wedding to A'ben Fizel?
(a) A picture of her parents.
(b) The newspaper article telling of Bernard's death.
(c) A letter explaining why King Max couldn't come to her wedding.
(d) A check for one million dollars from her father.

15. What does Gulietta start to wear when she comes to visit Leigh-Cheri?
(a) Her bikini.
(b) And "I'm on Strike" tee shirt.
(c) Jeans and a sweatshirt.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gets Leigh-Cheri and Bernard out of the country?

2. What grows most vigorously in Puget Sound?

3. What does the writer tell the readers the Cuban children asked him for?

4. What happens to Chuck when Leigh-Cheri finally opens her window?

5. What does Leigh-Cheri do while Bernard is in jail?

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