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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 Bernard say about Leigh-Cheri's attitudes?
(a) That her attitudes are correct.
(b) That her attitudes are punishing him.
(c) That her attitudes are out-dated.
(d) That she has a bad attitude.

2. Where does the Princess live?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) In a condo near the beach.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In a rent controlled apartment.

3. Why doesn't Leigh-Cherie like Sunday brunch?
(a) She is on a diet.
(b) No one makes her eggs correctly.
(c) She hates Sunday.
(d) Pork is served and she is a vegetarian.

4. What religion are the villagers where the pilot ends up?
(a) Asians.
(b) Moslems.
(c) Christians.
(d) Buddhists.

5. In the story the writer tells about the Second World War, what happens to the American pilot?
(a) He lands his plane in the water near Japan.
(b) He crashes his plane in the jungles of Japan.
(c) The pilot parachutes from his burning plane.
(d) He lands in Japan, refuels, then flies back to America, then back to Japan again.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't the writer switch machines?

2. How long does it take Bernard to escape from prison?

3. How is the Queen described in Chapter Three?

4. What do the villagers want to do after the pilot dies?

5. According to the novelist, what is used to write this novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you learn about the writer's creative mind as he tries to imagine a new typewriter design?

2. Where did Bernard Hickey Wrangle, a.k.a. "The Woodpecker", set off a bomb that injured someone? What did Bernard do to make amends?

3. Why does Bernard tell Leigh-Cheri he understands why she needs to get out of the sun?

4. What does Robbins humorously determine will eventually happen to typewriters?

5. Who is the person that insults Leigh-Cheri while she is already upset over the bombing that ruined the Care Fest? What does that person say?

6. What groups, many of which make their home on Maui, want to participate in the Care Fest and why?

7. What problem does the writer seem to have with his new typewriter?

8. What is the rat/mongoose-crime/cop analogy?

9. What are the concerns King Max and Queen Tilli discuss about their daughter while she is away at the conference?

10. What kind of relationship does Leigh-Cheri have with Gulietta?

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