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

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

3. In the italicized section of Chapter 4, what does the kid say that nobody wants to talk about the speed of?
(a) The speed of downed airplanes.
(b) The speed of the bus.
(c) The speed of grief.
(d) The speed of dark.

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, what is the sunken tug boat's bilge that is found after hauling the tug out of the water?
(a) A small shark.
(b) A wooden chest.
(c) A knot of seaweed.
(d) A fairly large turtle.

5. 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?
(a) A pathogen.
(b) A hologram.
(c) A waking nightmare.
(d) A phantom.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 2, what is the name of Bobby's lunch date's sister?

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, where is Oiler going on his next dive job?

3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, what does Bobby find out happened to Oiler.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Before the girl ends her life in the Wisconsin woods, who comes to see her a final time in her room in Chicago?

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

3. How does the Kid talk? What is the reader's impression of the Kid from the ways he talks and the language that he uses.

4. In Chapter 2, What does the Kid present to the girl?

5. After talking to Oiler about Vietnam, what do the guys in suits want to know from Bobby about the downed plane?

6. How does the fire start in Bianca's apartment?

7. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what appears in the night at the girl's window that makes her whisper Bobby's name?

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

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

10. What does Debussy go home to tell her mother about?

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