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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 oxygen deprivation sport does Gopinder play?
(a) Kabaddi.
(b) Baseball
(c) Cricket.
(d) Soccer.

2. Who is the Prime Minister of the Netherlands in the book?
(a) Andreas.
(b) Ruud.
(c) Remi.
(d) Jan Peter.

3. Who is responsible for the rogue wave?
(a) India.
(b) China.
(c) T.R.
(d) Papua.

4. What is the slogan of T.R.'s truck stops?
(a) Always Open.
(b) Best Barbecue in Texas.
(c) Never Less Than a Hundred.
(d) Cheapest Gas in Town.

5. Where in the Flying S Ranch complex does Rufus set up his trailer?
(a) The Bunkhouse.
(b) Old Marble Mine.
(c) Rooftop Mesa.
(d) The Pecan Orchard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Willem meet just after seeing the Mississippi Delta water diversion?

2. Who owns the T.R. Mick's franchise where T.R. and his guests have lunch after their tour of Houston?

3. In what city in the Netherlands does Willem live?

4. What is T.R.'s wife's name?

5. What is the the giant conical mound made of that Saskia sees when she and the other guests arrive at an industrial park just past the Johnson Space Center?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rufus explain why the Flying S Ranch does not need a strong outer gate?

2. What does Laks do to earn social credit when he first starts coming to the akhara?

3. Where does Saskia spend her time waiting out the hurricane in Houston?

4. Why is the Brazos River campsite overflowing with people?

5. Why is Rufus driving alongside the Waco airfield in his truck?

6. In the chapter titled "The Barracks," How does Laks' fighting crew trap Lan Lu's crew to secure the main levels of the barracks?

7. How does Martijn van Dyck manipulate Saskia's words to his political advantage?

8. What is T.R.'s plan regarding sulfur?

9. Why does Rufus call Beau Boskey?

10. Who joins Rufus at the marble mine and why?

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