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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. When Winsome comes back to his apartment, who does he find his wife is talking to?
(a) Rachel Owlglass.
(b) Pig Bodine.
(c) Benny Profane.
(d) Mildred Wren.

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

3. What is the horrible accident that happens to the ballerina on stage in Chapter 14?
(a) She is impaled on a wooden stake.
(b) She falls down to her death.
(c) She is poisoned.
(d) An elephant lands on her, crushing her instantly.

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

5. Who is talking to Rachel in a bar and confesses feelings for Paola in Chapter 10?
(a) Winsome.
(b) Benny.
(c) Pig.
(d) Esther.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Rachel angry at Slab in Chapter 12?

2. Who works at Benny's place of employment?

3. When Mondaugen feels sick, what does Gondolphin think he has?

4. Who acts like a mother towards Esther, concerned about her welfare and her decisions in Chapter 12?

5. What does Profane and a talking machine compare the stack of junk cars at the dump to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does V. appear in Chapter 9 and what does this say about her or her role?

2. Why is Rachel worried about Esther?

3. Why is Rachel angry with Slab?

4. How does Benny show signs of regression in Chapter 13?

5. What action does Mafia fail to take and what does it reveal about him and the Whole Sick Crew?

6. Why does Esther have trouble in her relationship with the plastic surgeon?

7. What is V.'s point of view regarding the siege in Africa in 1922?

8. Why is Stencil afraid to go to Malta?

9. When Fausto changes his personality, what is the role that he assumes?

10. Why are the members of the Whole Sick Crew not bothered by police arrests?

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