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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Spiral.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bet does Qfwfq make about Signorina Giuseppina Pensotti before she (or humanity at all) yet exists?
(a) How many footsteps she will take in her lifetime.
(b) What exact date she will die.
(c) How many children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren she will have.
(d) Whether she turns right or left on a specific day, coming out of her house.

2. Does Qfwfq worry when he realizes he's completely forgotten what his sign is like?
(a) No, he even forgets that the sign is there.
(b) Yes, he is slightly nervous that he will not recognize it.
(c) Yes, he is very afraid he will never see it again.
(d) No, he is certain that he will know it again when he passes it.

3. Who is the Deaf One in love with?
(a) The moon.
(b) Qfwfq.
(c) Mrs. Vhd Vhd.
(d) Xlthlx.

4. What gives the narrator the idea that space has a shape and form?
(a) Watching universes fly by.
(b) Watching Lieutenant Fenimore move.
(c) Watching his own unconscious movements.
(d) Watching Ursula H'x move.

5. What is Mr. Pber^t Pber^d doing now?
(a) He works for a plastics firm.
(b) He works for a government agency.
(c) He works for an electronics firm.
(d) He works for a travel agency.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ayl and her friends play ball with?

2. What motivation does Qfwfq attribute to Kgwgk for destroying his sign?

3. What scientific theory is the story "Games without End" based on?

4. What does one of the spectators at the fight between Zahn and Qfwfq call out?

5. What does Pfwfp shout to Qfwfq as he pursues him in the new game?

(see the answer key)

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