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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. Who is Leon Trout?
(a) The narrator.
(b) A paranoid schizophrenic soldier.
(c) The father of the Galapagos Islands.
(d) The Captain of the Bahia.

2. What is Ziggie?
(a) Roy Hepburn's nickname.
(b) Siegfried's nickname.
(c) James Wait's nickname.
(d) Mandarax's nickname.

3. Who steers the Bahia during the night in Book 2: Chapter 4?
(a) Mandarax.
(b) Mary Hepburn.
(c) Kamikaze.
(d) Adolf von Kleist.

4. Which of the following author's are not quoted in Chapter 35?
(a) Jean De La Fontaine.
(b) Plato.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) Robert Browning.

5. How many times has the narrator materialized since becoming a ghost?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. On May 9, 2016, who tells Mary Hepburn to go and make peace with the Captain?

2. What does Princess Charlotte design after the death of her husband, Prince Richard?

3. Leon Trout's fellow Marine recommends a young __________ doctor to treat his disease.

4. What instrument does the Captain of the Bahia use to call for help?

5. Who plans to commit suicide by smashing a bus into something?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mary Hepburn like James Wait immediately?

2. In the Captain's story he shares with Akiko, how are lobsters much like humans?

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

4. Did James Wait ever reproduce? Explain.

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

6. Who does Akiko name one of her daughters after? Explain.

7. How does Quezeda feed his brain's thirst for self-esteem and alcohol?

8. How does the narrator write this story?

9. How is Prince Richard murdered? Who kills him?

10. 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?

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