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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Biggie describe Merrill?
(a) He is well meaning.
(b) He is more honest than Bogus.
(c) He is not as funny as he finds himself to be.
(d) He is crazy and completly mad.

2. What fascinates Colm at Tulpen's house?
(a) The creaking of the stairs.
(b) The fish and turtles.
(c) The view from the kitchen.
(d) The books on her bookshelves.

3. What does Gunnel stuff in the heads of the dead?
(a) Live scorpions.
(b) Live crabs.
(c) Live crayfish.
(d) Live eels.

4. Upon receiving the news about Merrill's disappearance, whom does Bogus go to visit?
(a) Merrill's mom.
(b) Merrill's landlord.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Couth.

5. Why is Sprog exiled?
(a) He taunts the hero's wife.
(b) He assaults the hero's wife.
(c) He runs away with the hero's wife.
(d) He kisses the hero's wife.

6. Who does Colm want to tuck him in bed the night before the feast?
(a) Couth.
(b) Bogus.
(c) Biggie.
(d) Tulpen.

7. What can Bogus not understand about Tulpen?
(a) Why Tulpen would continue to stay with him.
(b) How Tulpen can continue to be so quiet.
(c) How Tulpen could sleep with Ralph.
(d) How Tulpen sleeps surrounded by aquariums.

8. What does Dante carry in his underwear?
(a) A picture of his wife.
(b) A knife.
(c) A hundred dollars.
(d) Mace spray.

9. In Chapter 31, what causes Tulpen to be so angry with Ralph?
(a) He speaks ill of Bogus.
(b) He takes her towel.
(c) He allows filming while she's in the tub.
(d) He answers the phone.

10. What does Tulpen name her baby?
(a) Merrill.
(b) Danico.
(c) Sid.
(d) Anna.

11. What time of year does Bogus arrive in Maine?
(a) April.
(b) June.
(c) December.
(d) October.

12. When did Merrill disappear?
(a) Three weeks ago.
(b) A decade ago.
(c) Six months ago.
(d) Two years ago.

13. How does Bogus offend the bus passenger?
(a) Bogus continues to kick the passenger's seat.
(b) Bogus leaves a suitcase in the aisle way.
(c) Bogus asks the passenger if he has something to hide.
(d) Bogus insists that the passenger is Merrill.

14. Whom does Dante mistake for Mr. Pillsbury?
(a) Colm.
(b) Bogus.
(c) Couth.
(d) Ralph.

15. How does Bogus fall asleep in Chapter 22?
(a) By dreaming about Merrill.
(b) By listening to a tape recording of Biggie.
(c) By listening to the couple in the next room.
(d) By watching a favorite old movie.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tulpen feel about Colm by the end of his trip?

2. What does bogus notice Colm has at the boathouse?

3. What news does Biggie deliver to Bogus when he returns Colm?

4. What does Couth give Bogus before Bogus leaves for New York?

5. In Akthelt and Gunnel, who is the hero's bodyguard?

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