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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 ability does Isaiah have that benefits him?
(a) He is handsome.
(b) He is charming.
(c) He is very persuasive.
(d) He is articulate.

2. How long have Frenesi and Flash been collecting witness protection funds?
(a) Twenty five years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Eighteen years.
(d) Fifteen years.

3. What does Pynchon call the television?
(a) The Tuge.
(b) The idiot box.
(c) The Boob.
(d) The black hole.

4. How does Zoyd work his way to the island to confront Frenesi?
(a) As a musician on an independent airline.
(b) As a server on a cruise line.
(c) As an entertainer on a cruise line.
(d) As a flight attendant.

5. What does Zoyd learn as he does he rounds regarding Hector?
(a) That Hector is unreliable.
(b) That Hector is unstable.
(c) That Hector has hidden motives.
(d) That he has been asking people about him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the acronym for the camp founded by Brock?

2. What is Zoyd Wheeler's source of income?

3. What is the name of his band?

4. How many people are the soldiers who board Zoyd's flight looking for?

5. What happens to Zoyd's car?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Zoyd do in preparation for his annual display of insanity in order to qualify for the government mental disability checks?

2. How do the actions that occur on the flight to Hawaii speak to a general theme surrounding some of the businesses that Zoyd is surrounded by or involved in?

3. What is more disconcerting to Zoyd than even his daughter's choice of boyfriend right now?

4. What changes are made to Zoyd's plans to affirm his qualification for mental health benefits?

5. What kind of trouble is Frenesi Gates in?

6. What is the origin of the odd business card that Zoyd gives Prairie as she is leaving?

7. Why is Hector choosing now to come back into Zoyd's life?

8. What does Isaiah do to try to fit in better as the band for Ralph Wayvone's daughter's wedding?

9. What is Zoyd's first indication that there have been some rude updates at the Log Jam?

10. Why is Zoyd surprised by federal prosecutor Vond's actions and what does he do to circumvent the current problems he is facing?

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