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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. Which of John Paul and Amanda's friends also befriended Marx Marvelous, leading the man to seek out the couple?
(a) Baba.
(b) Nearly Normal Jimmy.
(c) Plucky Purcell.
(d) Smokestack Lightening.

2. What comprises John Paul Ziller's normal attire?
(a) Bone armor.
(b) Loin cloth.
(c) Cut off blue jeans.
(d) Shaman's headdress.

3. Why do the rednecks at the bar disapprove of the circus?
(a) They believe they are dealing drugs to the populace.
(b) They find hippies to immoral.
(c) They believe they are practicing Satanists.
(d) They do not approve of the circus as entertainment.

4. Why did Marx marry his friend's pregnant lover?
(a) He wanted to have a child.
(b) He fell in love with her.
(c) He was blackmailed into doing so.
(d) He was paid to help her out.

5. Why did Plucky have to transport Mon Cul for John Paul?
(a) Mon Cul was ill and forced to stay behind with Plucky to recuperate.
(b) Mon Cul was refused entry onto the train.
(c) Mon Cul refuses to wear a helmet on the motorcycle.
(d) Mon Cul dislikes motorcycles.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Marx express disdain in regard to Amanda?

2. Even though Marx finds it hard to take John Paul seriously, what does the scientist admit about the magician?

3. After his discharge from the military, what vocation did Plucky explore?

4. What is John Paul's preferred method of transit?

5. What position does Marx Marvelous pursue with Amanda and John Paul?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Marx interested in working with John Paul and Amanda?

2. How does Ziller end up joining the Indo-Tibetan Circus?

3. Who is Amanda?

4. Describe John Paul Ziller's childhood.

5. Describe Amanda and John Paul's wedding ceremony.

6. Why did Marx create a new name for himself?

7. Describe Plucky's college football career.

8. According to the jumps in the future with the narrator, what is significant about John Paul's disappearance?

9. What compromises do the Zillers make about food in their roadside zoo?

10. What are some of the potential obstacles to Amanda and John Paul's relationship and how do they work around them?

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