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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 4, what do Bobby and his sister do all day on her eighteenth birthday?
(a) Go to a fancy restaurant.
(b) Go out to play music.
(c) Go to a movie.
(d) Read old Life magazines.

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, who lived in the room at the bar before Bobby moves in?
(a) Tronk.
(b) Lurch.
(c) Meicks.
(d) Kragg.

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

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

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, what does Bobby find out happened to Oiler.
(a) Oiler is moving permanently to Venezuela.
(b) Oiler died.
(c) Oiler met the love of his life.
(d) Oiler quit working for Taylor's

6. 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 some guys have broken into his apartment and searched through his things.
(b) That he needs to return what he borrowed from Lou.
(c) He forgot his dive gear at the operations office.
(d) That he forgot to tell something to Oiler.

7. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, who does Oiler say came calling on him?
(a) Guys from the manufacturers of downed plane.
(b) Long John.
(c) Guys from a competing Dive company.
(d) The same guys in suits that interviewed Bobby.

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

9. In the italicized section of Chapter 4, why does the Kid say that he came first without his cohorts?
(a) He gave his cohorts with day off.
(b) They are in someone else's room at the moment.
(c) He had to scope things out first.
(d) His cohorts do not want to come with him anymore.

10. 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 go dancing with Bobby.
(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 write more award winning poetry.

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

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

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

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

15. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, who does Bobby go downriver with?
(a) He goes with Lou
(b) He goes with Red.
(c) He goes with Oiler.
(d) He goes by himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, what part of Oiler's life does Bobby want Oiler to tell him about?

2. In the italicized section of Chapter 2, how does the Kid say that gets to the girl's room?

3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 4, where in the basement does Bobby find what he is looking for?

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, where does John say that Bobby attended college?

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, what is Bobby's job?

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