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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bogus learn about Merrill before the agents release him?
(a) Merrill is lost at sea.
(b) Merrill is in hiding.
(c) Merrill is dead.
(d) Merrill is in Vienna.

2. What relationship has transpired between Biggie and Couth after Bogus has left?
(a) He supports her financially.
(b) He takes care of her property.
(c) He babysits for Colm.
(d) He lives with her.

3. What causes Bogus to rewrite the entire translation of Akthelt and Gunnel?
(a) He remembers Tulpen likes facts.
(b) He is stretching out the project to escape real life.
(c) He thinks Akthelt would have liked it that way.
(d) He is afraid he won't get his PhD otherwise.

4. What does Couth give Bogus before Bogus leaves for New York?
(a) Money.
(b) Lobsters.
(c) Keys.
(d) Photographs.

5. What does bogus notice Colm has at the boathouse?
(a) Patience.
(b) A routine.
(c) Stability.
(d) Friends.

6. What type of car does the limo driver own?
(a) He owns an old limo.
(b) He owns a Mercedes.
(c) He doesn't own a car.
(d) He owns a Volkswagen.

7. What does Ralph send Bogus after surgery?
(a) A box of condoms.
(b) A copy of the surgery report.
(c) A diploma.
(d) A singing card.

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

9. Who helped Bogus to leave town for Europe?
(a) Merrill.
(b) Couth.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Tulpen.

10. What did Bogus mail to his father after he received the letter and money?
(a) A block of smelly cheese.
(b) A thank you note.
(c) A potted flower.
(d) A dead duck.

11. In Bogus's dreams, what fact do people not believe about Merrill?
(a) He is diabetic.
(b) He is real.
(c) He is lost.
(d) He is kind-hearted.

12. What does the hotel maid do in Bogus's hallucination?
(a) Replaces the towels.
(b) Turns down the bed.
(c) Breaks the glass.
(d) Steals Bogus's suitcase.

13. How much time has passed since Bogus began his search for Merrill?
(a) A decade.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Three weeks.

14. How does Tulpen feel about Colm by the end of his trip?
(a) She loves him.
(b) She realizes she'll never want children.
(c) She can't wait for him to leave.
(d) She thinks he's nice at a distance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Couth describe himself to Bogus and Biggie?

2. When Bogus undresses at the studio, what article of clothing does he keep?

3. What does Dante carry in his underwear?

4. What is Tulpen's complaint about Bogus as they are getting ready for bed?

5. In Bogus's flashback, where was Couth?

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