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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Fausto Maijstral write a letter in Chapter 11?
(a) Eigenvalue.
(b) Paola.
(c) Profane.
(d) Pig.

2. During the war, what does Fausto's wife do?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She nurses the wounded and homeless.
(c) She hides.
(d) She fights.

3. When Mondaugen was in Africa, what was the project he worked on?
(a) A diamond extraction program.
(b) A project involving atmospheric radio disturbances.
(c) A secret government operative.
(d) An environmental hazard program.

4. What does Rachel ask Benny Profane's help in procuring that he suggests she borrow from Winsome?
(a) A key.
(b) A shoe.
(c) An alibi.
(d) A car.

5. What is the name of the expatriate that Mondaugen visits to give news of the war?
(a) Profane.
(b) Morris.
(c) Foppl.
(d) Hood.

6. Where do the police take Winsome after he jumps from the first floor into their net?
(a) Mental hospital.
(b) Home.
(c) Drug rehabilitation center.
(d) His wife's trial.

7. What does Wijk fear that Abraham Morris will do?
(a) Steal his diamonds.
(b) Raid his farm.
(c) Destroy his antennas.
(d) Kidnap his friends.

8. Who works at Benny's place of employment?
(a) Mafia.
(b) Mildred.
(c) Paola.
(d) Rachel.

9. After Profane loses his job, what does he become a full member of?
(a) Whole Sick Crew.
(b) V.
(c) New York City Public Park Volunteers.
(d) Amputatees Anonymous.

10. What does Pig see by the antenna by the platform of the ship where Profane was working?
(a) A gang member.
(b) A ghost.
(c) Hamburger meat that was now cooked.
(d) A dead body.

11. What does Profane and a talking machine compare the stack of junk cars at the dump to?
(a) A pile of cookies.
(b) Children's toys.
(c) The bodies of Jews at the concentration camps after World War II.
(d) Mass destruction.

12. What did the Bad Priest do that infuriates Fausto Maijstral?
(a) He convinced Elena to become a nun.
(b) He kills Elena.
(c) He steals Fausto Maijstral's child.
(d) He marries Elena.

13. Who could not attend the party because of a fight with a partner in Chapter 12?
(a) Winsome.
(b) Raoul.
(c) Pig.
(d) Profane.

14. What is "yo-yo-ing" practiced by the Whole Sick Crew in Chapter 10?
(a) Riding subway trains back and forth while drunk.
(b) Dancing naked.
(c) Being honest and then lying and back and forth.
(d) Committing and leaving back and forth.

15. Where does Kurt Mondaugen work?
(a) Futuristic Records.
(b) Owl Tavern.
(c) Yoyodyne Inc.
(d) Space/Time Employment Agency.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Benny Profane work as a guard?

2. What does Shale Schoenmaker want to do that makes Esther angry and leave?

3. When Pig gets involved with an airline stewardess, what does he run out of?

4. What kind of relationship does the mysterious woman and the ballerina develop soon after their meeting in Chapter 14?

5. Who travels to Malta in Chapter 13?

(see the answer keys)

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