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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bogus feel about his truck?
(a) He thinks no one has a worse truck than his.
(b) It's the one thing he takes pride in.
(c) He's glad it's reliable for Biggie and Colm.
(d) He doesn't care for it, but he is glad to have something.

2. While reflecting on his life with Biggie, where did Bogus indicate Biggie wanted to live?
(a) Australia.
(b) Canada.
(c) Europe.
(d) Alsaka.

3. To what character does Bogus compare Ralph?
(a) Akthelt.
(b) Gurk.
(c) Gunnel.
(d) Old Thak.

4. Why was Biggie turned away at the grocery?
(a) She was out of cash.
(b) Her check did not clear.
(c) Her name was on a list.
(d) She had too many items.

5. What disappoints Bogus most about his life?
(a) The big failures.
(b) The constant, tiny irritants.
(c) His poverty.
(d) His inability to finish anything.

6. What does Mektig mean in Old Low Norse?
(a) Heart.
(b) Knife.
(c) Strong.
(d) Love.

7. In Chapter 8, to whom was Bogus writing letters?
(a) Friends.
(b) Creditors.
(c) Family.
(d) Magazines.

8. What disease did Bogus contract from Elsbeth?
(a) Chlamydia.
(b) AIDS.
(c) The clap.
(d) Herpes.

9. How did Bogus "escape" his Iowa life?
(a) By enjoying the sight of Tupen's breasts.
(b) By daydreaming about his wife and child.
(c) By focusing on the effects of the Water-Method.
(d) By listening to tapes of Merrill in Vienna.

10. At what age did Bogus lose his virginity?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Seventeen.

11. What did Merrill claim was at the bottom of the Danube?
(a) A ship.
(b) A tank.
(c) A treasure.
(d) A body.

12. Whom does Bogus encounter in the night?
(a) Mr. Fitch.
(b) Tulpen.
(c) Colm.
(d) Biggie.

13. Where did Bogus and Biggie stay for the summer?
(a) Austria.
(b) Iowa.
(c) Maine.
(d) New York.

14. Who was with Bogus the night he lost his virginity?
(a) Mr. Fitch.
(b) His father.
(c) Couth.
(d) The local bartender.

15. To which creature in the aquarium does Bogus relate?
(a) The fish.
(b) The sponge.
(c) The eel.
(d) The turtle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Bogus's job at the stadium?

2. What does Tulpen offer Bogus when she thinks he is upset?

3. Why did Bogus refuse to pay his Sears bill?

4. Colm was named after _________.

5. On what topic were Bogus's thesis chairman and father in agreement?

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