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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 heirloom does Mary promise to leave Akiko when she dies?
(a) Her wedding ring.
(b) Orlon.
(c) Her notebook.
(d) Mandarax.
2. Who is Kamikaze?
(a) The Captain's son.
(b) Selena's seeing-eye dog.
(c) Mary Hepburn's son.
(d) Andrew MacIntosh's son.
3. Who says: "I love you so much. Please marry me. I'm so lonesome. I'm so scared."
(a) Kamikaze.
(b) Mary Hepburn.
(c) Madarax.
(d) James Wait.
4. Why is James Wait laid on the sun deck of the Bahia in Book 2: Chapter 1?
(a) The rest of the ship is dark.
(b) He is too pale and needs a tan.
(c) He is to heavy to carry to bed.
(d) He is wet and needs to dry off.
5. Who could be seen as a virtuous knight as in days of yore in Chapter 38?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Mandarax.
(c) Major Ricardo Cortez.
(d) Adolf von Kleist.
Short Answer Questions
1. What island does Mary and the Captain land the Bahia?
2. When does Mary's second husband die?
3. Who bathes the Captain every day and shampoos and combs his beard and hair?
4. According to the narrator, what is one of the top 1000 serious inherited diseases of Homo sapiens?
5. Where does Siegfried von Kleist tell Selena her father went in Chapter 31?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the beginning of Chapter 13, what is Selena and Hisako seeking and finding?
2. Who does Akiko name one of her daughters after? Explain.
3. What does the narrator say after the death of Kazakh and James Wait? Why does he say this?
4. How does Quezeda feed his brain's thirst for self-esteem and alcohol?
5. After 10 years on the Island, how does the Captain change?
6. What does the cancellation of "the Nature Cruise of the Century" mean to everyone in the bus in front of the Hotel El Dorado?
7. What happens to Kazakh in Chapter 31?
8. Did James Wait ever reproduce? Explain.
9. Why are the Kanka-bono girls laughing at the Captain in Chapter 11? Why does the Captain think they are laughing?
10. According to the narrator, why do people get hiccups?
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