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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 is Guillermo Reyes's rocket compared to in Chapter 34?
(a) The great land torotise.
(b) The flightless penguin.
(c) The colorful chameleon.
(d) The dancing blue-footed booby.

2. What does James Wait say he thought people were put on earth to do?
(a) To work until they die.
(b) To find cures to diseases.
(c) To gain knowledge.
(d) To help each other.

3. The balance between the colonists and their food supply is based on ________.
(a) Trust.
(b) Luck.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Desire.

4. How many symphonies did James Wait tell Marry Hepburn he had composed?
(a) 13.
(b) 2.
(c) 60.
(d) 22.

5. What does Princess Charlotte design after the death of her husband, Prince Richard?
(a) Bathing suits.
(b) Baby clothes.
(c) Wedding gowns.
(d) Neckties.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is drunk and has the hick-ups in Chapter 37?

2. What is the name of the Peruvian pilot who has his fighter-bomber skipping from wisp to wisp of finely divided matter at the very edge of the planet's atmosphere in Chapter 34?

3. How many times has the narrator been married?

4. According to the narrator, how do people comfort those who are sick?

5. What would have happened to Leon Trout if the Marine Corps found out about Leon's disease?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the narrator, are there anymore left handed people in the world? Explain.

2. What does the narrator say after the death of Kazakh and James Wait? Why does he say this?

3. After 10 years on the Island, how does the Captain change?

4. Why does James Wait tell Mary Hepburn to call him by his first name? By what name does Mary call James?

5. What is the irony behind the marriage of Mary Kaplan and Willard Flemming in Book 2: Chapter 4?

6. Did James Wait ever reproduce? Explain.

7. When does Mary Hepburn begin her artificial insemination program? How old is she at the time?

8. In Book 2: Chapter 12, what does the narrator suggest as a means for Mary Hepburn to keep on living with the Captain for a little while longer?

9. What happens to Kazakh in Chapter 31?

10. How many times has the narrator seen the blue tunnel in to the Afterlife? Where has he seen it appear?

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