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Cat's Cradle ch 81-100

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the following describing? "it went from liquid lyricism to rasping lecher to the shrill skittishness of a frightened child, to a heroin nightmare."

a)

the narrator's feeling about his apartment after the nihilist stayed there

b)

the atomic bomb

c)

The San Lorenzo cartel

d)

Angela playing the clarinet

e)

Newt's painting

2.

When was the Books of Bokonon finished?

a)

1950

b)

2010

c)

1945

d)

1818

e)

it is still being written

3.

What is the meaning of Zah-mah-ki-bo?

a)

fate - inevitable destiny

b)

hatred - pure loathing

c)

lies - prevarications

d)

a person that wants all of somebody's love

e)

enchanting music

4.

"Papa's" doctor was previously...

a)

a veterinarian

b)

a Nazi

c)

Bokonon

d)

a ship's captain

e)

a philanthropist

5.

What type of cancer did "Papa" have?

a)

colon

b)

lukemia

c)

pancreatic

d)

lymphoma

e)

cancer of about everything

6.

Who is supposed to be the next president when "Papa" dies?

a)

Frank Hoenikker

b)

Newt Hoenikker

c)

Mona Monzano

d)

Bokonon

e)

Julian Castle

7.

Who has an identical twin that lived in Switzerland and made music boxes?

a)

The nararator

b)

Papa Manzano

c)

Felix Hoenikker

d)

Julian Castle

e)

Philip Castle

8.

What is the meaning of foma?

a)

fate - inevitable destiny

b)

hatred - pure loathing

c)

lies - prevarications

d)

a person that wants all of somebody's love

e)

enchanting music

9.

What awakened the narrator, Angela and Newt on the narrator's first night at Frank's home?

a)

The electricity coming back on

b)

guns firing

c)

the sun

d)

intruders

e)

The phone

10.

What did Frank so desperately want to talk to the narrator about?

a)

the cut of his jib

b)

Bokonon

c)

He noticed the narrator looking at Mona

d)

He needed help with his family

e)

He asked him to be the president of San Lorenzo in his place

11.

Which are characteristics of Frank Hoenikker?

a)

Handsome

b)

gregariouos

c)

good ideas

d)

leadership

e)

maturity

12.

What is the meaning of stuppa?

a)

fate - inevitable destiny

b)

hatred - pure loathing

c)

lies - prevarications

d)

a fogbound child

e)

enchanting music

13.

What was Frank actually doing at Jack's hobby shop?

a)

making deals with foreign countries

b)

playing with ice =-9

c)

making miniatures

d)

sleeping with Jack's wife

e)

taking a nap

14.

What additional request does Frank make of the narrator in the cave?

a)

to give him money

b)

to marry Mona

c)

to convert to Bokononism

d)

to keep the ice-9

e)

not to write the book

15.

With whom did our narrator complete his first Boko-maru?

a)

Bokonon

b)

Frank

c)

Mona

d)

Angela

e)

the painter

16.

What is the meaning of sin-wat?

a)

fate - inevitable destiny

b)

hatred - pure loathing

c)

lies - prevarications

d)

a person that wants all of somebody's love

e)

enchanting music

17.

What is sacred to Bokononists?

a)

Man

b)

the mountain

c)

the ocean

d)

the sun

e)

the sky

18.

A sign stating "This hook is reserved for Bokonon himself" was seen outside of Papa's residence.

a)

true

b)

false

19.

"the manhole cover on which I stood was the lid of an oubliette" What is the meaning of the word oubiliette?

a)

sewer

b)

exit

c)

cistern

d)

a secret dungeon with access only through a trapdoor in its ceiling

e)

garden

20.

Papa's bed was ...

a)

the lifeboat of Bokonon

b)

The Lady's Slipper

c)

gold plated

d)

all of the above

21.

What was contained in a small cylinder around Papa's neck?

a)

ice - 9

b)

a magic charm

c)

a hen's toe

d)

a hair of Mona's

e)

it was empty

22.

Who administers "last rites" to Papa?

a)

Mona

b)

the narrator

c)

Dr. von Koenigswald

d)

Frank Hoenikker

e)

Bokonon

23.

Which one word was mentioned most during the last rites?

a)

Boknon

b)

mud

c)

man

d)

God

e)

peace