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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. How much money was in the letter from Dr. Trumper?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $500.
(c) $50.
(d) $5,000.

2. In Bogus's dream in Chapter 28, where were he and Biggie?
(a) In Vienna.
(b) At her parents' home.
(c) In a hotel.
(d) At the boathouse.

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

4. What gift does Tulpen give Colm before he leaves her house?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A fish.
(c) A water bottle.
(d) A book.

5. Bogus spends his time in his hallucinations with __________.
(a) Salesmen.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Clowns.
(d) Prostitutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes Bogus's suitcase?

2. What news does Biggie deliver to Bogus when he returns Colm?

3. Whom does Dante mistake for Mr. Pillsbury?

4. How does Bogus reach Vienna?

5. Who does Colm want to tuck him in bed the night before the feast?

Short Essay Questions

1. What might the statue foreshadow for the reader?

2. Why is equality considered destruction in the story of Akthelt and Gunnel?

3. Why does Bogus feel betrayed by the nurse?

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

5. 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?

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

7. What role does Ralph play in the relationship between Bogus and Tulpen?

8. How does Tulpen describe Bogus to Ralph?

9. Why is the line from the diary familiar and important?

10. How does Bogus relate his life to cancer?

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