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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the prologue, what color is the girl's dress?
(a) White.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, what is Bobby's lunch date's original first name?
(a) Julian.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Michael.
(d) William.

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

4. In the Italicized section of Chapter 3, who is the girl's religion teacher?
(a) Sister Fernanda.
(b) Sister Alberta.
(c) Father Dominic
(d) Sister Aloysius.

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 4, what do Bobby and his sister do all day on her eighteenth birthday?
(a) Go to a movie.
(b) Go out to play music.
(c) Read old Life magazines.
(d) Go to a fancy restaurant.

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

7. In the italicized section of Chapter 4, why does the kid say that the girls needs to keep up her strength?
(a) She needs her strength to write more award winning poetry.
(b) She needs her strength to solve the mystery of her family?
(c) She needs her strength to wrest the secrets of creation from the gods.
(d) She needs her strength to go dancing with Bobby.

8. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, where does Bobby move to after moving out of his apartment?
(a) Seven Seas Bar.
(b) The Decatur Cafe.
(c) Lou's guest house.
(d) Taylor's garage.

9. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, what does Bobby realize when he gets back to his apartment after talking to Oiler?
(a) That he needs to return what he borrowed from Lou.
(b) That he forgot to tell something to Oiler.
(c) That some guys have broken into his apartment and searched through his things.
(d) He forgot his dive gear at the operations office.

10. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 2, what does Bobby think is odd that is missing from the morning newspaper?
(a) There is no news of the hurricane approaching.
(b) There is no news of the downed plane.
(c) There is no news of the prison break.
(d) There is no news of the art museum theft.

11. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 2, what does Bobby find wedged under a fallen tree on one of the islands that he investigates?
(a) A rubber raft.
(b) The navigation rack from the downed plane.
(c) The pilot's flight bag.
(d) Diving gear.

12. In the Italicized section of the Chapter 1, what chemical compound is the first part of the Kid's full name?
(a) Pentamide.
(b) Thalidomide.
(c) Carboxylide.
(d) Galinide.

13. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, what bar does Bobby go to on Philip St.?
(a) Seven Seas.
(b) Cat's Paw.
(c) Left of Center.
(d) The Gulf.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the italicized section of Chapter 1, what is the other thing that the Kid accuses the girl of calling him that sh confirms that he is?

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, what kind of pet does Bobby have?

3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 4, what kind of car does Bobby buy after finding what he was looking for in his grandmother's basement?

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, where does Oiler's sister live?

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 2, who does Bobby think hid the rubber raft under the tree?

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