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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, what is Oiler going to do on his next dive job?
(a) Salvage a sunken cruise ship.
(b) Ecological Survey.
(c) Weld underwater pipes.
(d) Lead tourist dive tours.

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, what does Bobby realize is missing from the plane?
(a) The satellite phone.
(b) The steering column.
(c) The navigation rack.
(d) The fuselage.

3. In the italicized section of Chapter 4, what is the girl's uncle's name?
(a) Austin.
(b) Royal.
(c) Patrick.
(d) Kingdon.

4. In the italicized section of Chapter 2, at what age does the girl say that her hallucinations started?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 4, who do all the smart people think was the smartest man that god ever made?
(a) Bobby's father.
(b) Feynman.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Oppenheimer.

6. In the Italicized section of the Chapter 1, in what city does the Kid find the girl?
(a) In New York.
(b) In Portland.
(c) In Los Angeles.
(d) In Chicago.

7. In the italicized section of Chapter 4, what does Mr. Bones suspect that the girl is suffering a bout of?
(a) A bout of fever.
(b) A bout of mentis lassitudine.
(c) A bout of the rhino sinusitis.
(d) A bout of the vox populi.

8. In the italicized section of Chapter 4, who is coming to visit the girl in two weeks?
(a) Her father.
(b) Bobby.
(c) Her great grandmother.
(d) Her mother.

9. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, what is Bobby's dive job on the river?
(a) To secure a sunken speed boat.
(b) To secure a sunken Tug boat.
(c) To salvage several sunken freight containers.
(d) To scan for a dolphin that got lost in the river.

10. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, what is the model name of the downed plane?
(a) DreamLiner.
(b) Concorde.
(c) AirBus.
(d) JetStar.

11. In the italicized section of Chapter 1, what mathematical term does the Kid accuse the girl of calling him?
(a) A pythagorean theorem.
(b) An imaginary integer.
(c) A conjectural postulate.
(d) A spectral operator.

12. What does the Kid have instead of hands?
(a) Hooks.
(b) Nubs.
(c) Paws.
(d) Flippers.

13. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 2, what part of AA does Bobby's lunch date have trouble with?
(a) The making amends thing.
(b) The honesty thing.
(c) Introducing herself as an alcoholic.
(d) The God thing.

14. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, where does John say that Bobby attended college?
(a) University of Los Angeles.
(b) New York University.
(c) Caltech.
(d) University of Santa Barbara.

15. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, what do the guys in suits tell Bobby about the plane that Bobby then tells Oiler about?
(a) That one of the passengers from the downed plane is missing.
(b) That they called the plane manufacturer and discovered that the manufacturer had not yet sold any those models of plane.
(c) That they figured out why the plane crashed.
(d) That the pilot was not a real pilot.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, who does Bobby go downriver with?

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 4, what do Bobby and his sister do all day on her eighteenth birthday?

3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 4, where was Bobby's father born?

4. In the Italicized section of the Chapter 1, what chemical compound is the first part of the Kid's full name?

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 4, what does Bobby's sister say is buried in their paternal grandmother's house?

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