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

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

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

4. In Bogus's flashback, where was Couth?
(a) On a walk.
(b) In the car.
(c) In Maine.
(d) Lost at sea.

5. Who takes Bogus's suitcase?
(a) The CIA.
(b) The FAA.
(c) The FDA.
(d) The FBI.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money was in the letter from Dr. Trumper?

2. When did Merrill disappear?

3. In Bogus's dreams, what fact do people not believe about Merrill?

4. Why is Biggie gaining weight when Bogus visits?

5. What request does the hero make after his night out drinking with his bodyguard?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bogus feel betrayed by the nurse?

2. How does the phrase, "There was, of course, no logic to the dwarf's fear of Harold's rather large cat" relate to the movie about Bogus's life?

3. What change does having Colm around spur in Tulpen?

4. Describe Bogus's new attire.

5. How does Bogus relate his life to cancer?

6. Why does Bogus tell Colm that the story he's been telling him at bedtime is real?

7. When Bogus returns to Tulpen, what changes are noticeable in their relationship?

8. Why is equality considered destruction in the story of Akthelt and Gunnel?

9. In what way is Bogus envious of Couth?

10. How does Bogus reflect on the life of a prostitute?

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