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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. Why is Bogus angry at Kent when he sees him in the studio?
(a) He wants to take Bogus's job.
(b) He lost reels of the movie.
(c) He made a pass at Tulpen.
(d) He is waiting outside of the restroom with the camera.

2. In Bogus's dreams, what fact do people not believe about Merrill?
(a) He is lost.
(b) He is real.
(c) He is kind-hearted.
(d) He is diabetic.

3. Who kills Old Thak?
(a) Gunnel.
(b) Akthelt.
(c) Hrothrund.
(d) Axelrulf.

4. Who is thinking about marriage in Chapter 32?
(a) Couth and Biggie.
(b) Bogus ande Biggie.
(c) Tulpen and Ralph.
(d) Couth's mother and Bogus.

5. Why is Sprog exiled?
(a) He kisses the hero's wife.
(b) He runs away with the hero's wife.
(c) He assaults the hero's wife.
(d) He taunts the hero's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes Bogus's suitcase?

2. How does Couth describe himself to Bogus and Biggie?

3. How much time has passed since Bogus began his search for Merrill?

4. How is the sting blown?

5. Who does the man in the car think is Bogus's drug buyer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What change does having Colm around spur in Tulpen?

2. What does Bogus believe is causing Colm's night terrors?

3. In what way is Bogus envious of Couth?

4. How does the phrase, "There was, of course, no logic to the dwarf's fear of Harold's rather large cat" relate to the movie about Bogus's life?

5. How does Tulpen describe Bogus to Ralph?

6. How is Sprog symbolic of Bogus?

7. How does Bogus relate his life to cancer?

8. How does Bogus reflect on the life of a prostitute?

9. In what ways does Old Thak represent Ralph?

10. How have Bogus's views on promiscuity changed throughout the novel as he has grown older and had various relationships?

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