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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years in prison is Everett sentenced to for draft dodging?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

2. What action causes Irwin to be sent back home from Vietnam in a straitjacket, heavily sedated?
(a) He is caught sneaking food to orphaned Vietnamese children.
(b) He begins hitting himself.
(c) He attacks his captain with a tube of toothpaste.
(d) He claims to be seeing ghosts of Vietnamese and American soldiers.

3. What is the name of Everett's weekly column for the university's newspaper?
(a) A Peaceful Chance.
(b) Not a Chance.
(c) Peace, Politics, and People.
(d) Give Chance a Peace.

4. Who offers the prayer at Hugh's wake?
(a) Laura.
(b) Peter.
(c) Durham.
(d) Irwin.

5. According to Kincaid, what event signals the real beginning of the Sixties?
(a) The election of Nixon.
(b) The Kennedy Assassination.
(c) The release of the Beatle's first album.
(d) The Martin Luther King Assassination.

6. What is the name of the British man who facilitates the robbing of Peter in India?
(a) Searing.
(b) Dessinger.
(c) Rupert.
(d) Thomas.

7. What does Everett name the goat he tends to in Book Five?
(a) Artie.
(b) Demon.
(c) Monster.
(d) Booger.

8. According to Hugh in Book Five, what does W.P. stand for?
(a) Wishful Peace.
(b) Wild Pitch.
(c) War Prayer.
(d) Wandering Prayer.

9. Who writes a letter regarding Irwin to his superiors that contributes to his being held apart from his family?
(a) Elder Babcock.
(b) Sergeant Felker.
(c) Laura.
(d) Captain Dudek.

10. Who helps Hugh answer all of his mail as his secretary?
(a) Kincaid.
(b) Peter.
(c) Bet.
(d) Freddy.

11. What is the name of the professor whom Everett debates publicly in front of a huge seminar of students?
(a) Dr. Gurtzner.
(b) Dr. Mehta.
(c) Professor Smith.
(d) Dr. Fields.

12. For what sport does Irwin leave baseball?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Marathon running.
(c) Javelin throwing.
(d) Basketball.

13. What causes Everett to give up his baseball dream?
(a) No colleges offer him a scholarship.
(b) Hugh tells him to pursue school instead.
(c) Coach Bunnell tells him he isn't talented.
(d) Striking out four times in a play off opener.

14. What name does Natasha want to give her baby?
(a) Hugh.
(b) Myshkin.
(c) Everett Jr.
(d) Irwin.

15. Where do they first find cancer in Hugh?
(a) His left lung.
(b) His liver.
(c) His lymphatic system.
(d) His prostate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unexpected event ends Irwin's career as a track star?

2. What fellow draft dodger advises Everett about a potential return to the United States?

3. Who finds the verses written between Uncle Marvin and Mary Jane?

4. What event causes Irwin to feel as though his heart died in Chapter 3 of Book Five?

5. Whom does Hugh telegram for help when he realizes he will not be able to free Irwin on his own?

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