2. Why is Rachel angry at Slab in Chapter 12?
(a) Because he can be bribed.
(b) Because he fights with Pig Bodine over her.
(c) Because he left her for Esther.
(d) Because he would let Esther just leave like that.

3. While Esther tries to run to the plane, who gets in a fight at the airport?
(a) Rachel and Slab.
(b) Benny and Paola.
(c) Winsome and Mafia.
(d) Pig and Benny.

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

5. At the airport, who is leaving for Puerto Rico in Chapter 12?
(a) Benny.
(b) Fina.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Slab.

6. Who travels to Malta in Chapter 13?
(a) Profane, Paola and Stencil.
(b) Stencil, Paola, and Benny.
(c) Paola, Rachel, and Stencil.
(d) Profane, Paola, and Benny.

7. What is the horrible accident that happens to the ballerina on stage in Chapter 14?
(a) She falls down to her death.
(b) She is impaled on a wooden stake.
(c) She is poisoned.
(d) An elephant lands on her, crushing her instantly.

8. What kind of building is Fausto Maijstral in that he describes in his letter?
(a) One that was bombed during World War I.
(b) One that sells cars.
(c) One that houses dead people.
(d) One with seven stories.

9. When the Whole Sick Crew has a party, who does Winsome and Pig Bodine get in a ﬁght over?
(a) Pig's drinking.
(b) Mafia.
(c) Benny.
(d) Winsome's money habits.

10. Who is Williem van Wijk?
(a) V.'s brother.
(b) A German colonist.
(c) An engineering student.
(d) A diamond merchant.

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

12. What does Shale Schoenmaker want to do that makes Esther angry and leave?
(a) He proposes that he do more plastic surgery on her.
(b) He cheats on her.
(c) He leaves the country.
(d) He dates someone else.

13. When Winsome is at Rachel's apartment, what does he say to Rachel?
(a) He killed his wife.
(b) He is very angry at Benny.
(c) He lists the reasons why each of the Crew is sick and does not live up to their potential.
(d) He loves her.

14. What is V's fear about the ballerina?
(a) That she will lose her strength.
(b) That her feet will give out.
(c) That she will get caught up in fame and forget her.
(d) That she will become conceited.

15. In his letter, what does Fausto Maijstral say about himself?
(a) How sad he is.
(b) How brilliant he is.
(c) How confused he is.
(d) How he changed from being young and idealistic to bitter and realistic after the birth of his child.