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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cause of death for Prez.
(a) Heart failure.
(b) Murder.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Unknown.

2. What is the name of Prez's fiancee?
(a) Kimberly.
(b) Candace.
(c) Carly.
(d) Kathy.

3. What is the main thing Prez gives to the people while in office?
(a) Tax breaks.
(b) Peace and prosperity.
(c) Security.
(d) New jobs.

4. What adjective best describes Prez's presidential life?
(a) Mediocre.
(b) Average.
(c) Ineffective.
(d) Exceptional.

5. Jim decides not to discuss which of the following?
(a) Future plans.
(b) Criminal past.
(c) Stowaway.
(d) Serpent.

6. What is the name of the ship that crashes onto the rocks?
(a) Titanic.
(b) Sea Hag.
(c) QE 1.
(d) Sea Witch.

7. The person quizzes Brant about which of the following topics?
(a) Money.
(b) Crime.
(c) Sailing.
(d) Politics.

8. In what year does Smiley appear on the scene?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1972.

9. What kinds of things begin to occur after Prez is elected?
(a) Government uprising.
(b) Catastrophes.
(c) Miracles.
(d) Revolution.

10. In what year was Prez elected to the presidency?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1971.

11. Which president is mentioned as a major character in the text?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Truman.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) Adams.

12. What is the name of the character talking to Brant in the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Joan.
(b) Jane.
(c) George.
(d) Jim.

13. What was the name of the man that owned the last ship?
(a) George.
(b) Ginsberg.
(c) Gadling.
(d) Grayling.

14. Which character intends to start a new life with a new identity?
(a) Galding.
(b) Charles.
(c) Burgrave.
(d) Stowaway.

15. What does Brant eat in the beginning of this section?
(a) Candy bar.
(b) Stew.
(c) Sandwich.
(d) Fish and chips.

Short Answer Questions

1. The character believes that it is what year?

2. Who intervenes before anything can happen between Smiley and Prez?

3. Where was the character born?

4. Which character tells interesting stories to the crew?

5. The stranger tells Brant the history of this new character, beginning with his birth in what year?

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