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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. In the Italicized section of Chapter 3, after they talk about her report card, who does the Kid call to sing a song for the girl?
(a) A musician wearing suspenders and a top hat.
(b) A ventriloquist.
(c) Lawn dwarves.
(d) Grogan.

2. 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) The navigation rack from the downed plane.
(b) The pilot's flight bag.
(c) Diving gear.
(d) A rubber raft.

3. 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 quit working for Taylor's
(c) Oiler died.
(d) Oiler met the love of his life.

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, who leaves a message for Bobby at the bar that Bobby calls back when he gets back from his dive job?
(a) Bianca.
(b) Oiler.
(c) Debbie.
(d) The guys in suits.

5. In the italicized section of Chapter 4, what instrument does the girl play?
(a) Bassoon.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Violin.
(d) Clarinet.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, what bar does Bobby go to on Philip St.?

3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, what company makes the downed plane?

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 2, what does Bobby think is odd that is missing from the morning newspaper?

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, who supposedly found the downed plane in the first place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the job that Bobby and Red go on in Port Sulphur?

2. Where does Bobby move in after taking all his belongings out of his apartment?

3. While Bobby is sitting in the cathedral, what does Bobby remember his sister saying about the afterlife and God?

4. Why is the Kid called the Thalidomide Kid?

5. Who is the bathless one and what does he do?

6. What does Debussy say that she wants in regard to gender?

7. What part does Bobby's father play in World War II?

8. What is peculiar about this downed plane?

9. In the beginning of Chapter 2, What is Bobby thinking about as he sits in the cathedral?

10. What does Bobby do with what he finds in his grandmother's basement?

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