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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Slab suggest that Esther do about her pregnancy?
(a) Have it.
(b) Hide it.
(c) Go to Cuba and get an abortion.
(d) Check again that it is real.

2. Where is Captain Hugh Godolphin heading off to when Mondaugen meets him?
(a) India.
(b) Greenland.
(c) Belize.
(d) An expedition to the South Pole.

3. While Profane thinks he is settled in his job, what happens that changes everything in Chapter 13?
(a) He falls sick.
(b) He misses his alarm and is fired from his job.
(c) His company goes bankrupt.
(d) His pay is cut down to a third.

4. When the police arrive at Winsome's apartment, who do they arrest?
(a) Slab and Hood.
(b) Mafia, Charisma, Fu and their friends.
(c) Benny and Rachel.
(d) Fina.

5. Who is dressed as a woman and steals the transmissions in Chapter 9?
(a) The lieutenant.
(b) Kurt.
(c) Gondolphin.
(d) Pig.

6. What did the ballerina forget to wear that would have prevented the horrible accident that occurred to her?
(a) Pants.
(b) A lucky medallion.
(c) A safety belt.
(d) A cross.

7. How does Fausto Maijstral refer to himself after the birth of his child and the beginning of war?
(a) Deadbeat.
(b) Narcissist.
(c) Fausto II.
(d) Emperor.

8. What kind of relationship does the mysterious woman and the ballerina develop soon after their meeting in Chapter 14?
(a) Friends.
(b) Sisters.
(c) Lovers.
(d) Enemies.

9. When Winsome comes back to his apartment, who does he find his wife is talking to?
(a) Pig Bodine.
(b) Rachel Owlglass.
(c) Mildred Wren.
(d) Benny Profane.

10. What does Profane and a talking machine compare the stack of junk cars at the dump to?
(a) Mass destruction.
(b) Children's toys.
(c) A pile of cookies.
(d) The bodies of Jews at the concentration camps after World War II.

11. Where is Fausto Maijstral in Chapter 11?
(a) Malta.
(b) Italy.
(c) Greece.
(d) Portugal.

12. Who guesses that Esther could be pregnant?
(a) Paola.
(b) Pig Bodine.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Slab.

13. Who works at Benny's place of employment?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Mildred.
(c) Mafia.
(d) Paola.

14. Who is talking to Rachel in a bar and confesses feelings for Paola in Chapter 10?
(a) Benny.
(b) Pig.
(c) Esther.
(d) Winsome.

15. During the war, what does Fausto's wife do?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She fights.
(c) She nurses the wounded and homeless.
(d) She hides.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the synthetic human machines that Benny watches over?

2. What is the name of the expatriate that Mondaugen visits to give news of the war?

3. Where do the police take Winsome after he jumps from the first floor into their net?

4. Who stops Winsome from killing himself at Rachel's apartment?

5. Where does Benny Profane work as a guard?

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