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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Qfwfq travels away from his sign, does he think about it?
(a) Yes, he thinks about it sometimes.
(b) Yes, he thinks about it constantly.
(c) Yes, but he only rarely thinks about it.
(d) No, he doesn't think about it at all.

2. What does Qfwfq suspect, when he figures out that Pfwfp is stockpiling hydrogen atoms?
(a) That Pfwfp wants to make a new universe of his own.
(b) That Pfwfp is going to build a star, which will then produce even more hydrogen.
(c) That Pfwfp is going to start a hydrogen war with Qwfq.
(d) That Pfwfp wants to collect all the hydrogen in the universe for himself.

3. What scientist's calculations are referred to in the opening to the story?
(a) Anders Celcius
(b) Galileo Galilei
(c) Giorgio Abetti
(d) Edwin P. Hubble

4. What does Ayl do when the meteorite flies overhead?
(a) She stops moving and remains still.
(b) She runs away.
(c) She falls to the ground.
(d) She starts to scream.

5. How does Mr. Pber^t Pber^d feel about Mrs. Ph(i)nK_0?
(a) He is angry with her.
(b) He is jealous of her.
(c) He is irritated at the thought of her.
(d) He remembers her fondly.

6. What kind of sound does Qfwfq say the creation of a hydrogen atom makes?
(a) A small popping sound.
(b) No sound.
(c) A crashing bang.
(d) A slight tinkling sound.

7. Who is the first person Qfwfq complains about living so close to?
(a) Mrs. Ph(i)nk_0.
(b) De XuaeauX.
(c) The Z'zu family.
(d) Mr. Pber^t Pber^d.

8. What do Ayl and her friends play ball with?
(a) A piece of quartz.
(b) A piece of iron.
(c) A piece of marble.
(d) A piece of silicon.

9. How long is the sun's trip around the Milky Way?
(a) Two hundred million years.
(b) Two million years.
(c) Twenty million years.
(d) Two billion years.

10. What warms the Earth at night?
(a) Stray star light.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Its molten core.
(d) Firey falling stars.

11. Who is Mrs. Ph(i)nK_0's lover?
(a) Qfwfq.
(b) De XuaeauX.
(c) Mr. Z'zu.
(d) Mr. Pber^t Pber^d.

12. Why is Qfwfq aware when new hydrogen atoms appear?
(a) He happens to be standing on top of one when it appears, and after that, begins to look for them.
(b) He's familiar with all the existing hydrogen atoms.
(c) He feels a tingling in his toes.
(d) He is taught to find the new atoms by his father.

13. What does Qfwfq make in his secret storeroom?
(a) Fake atoms.
(b) A small star.
(c) A black hole.
(d) An asteroid.

14. What shape is space in the story "Games without End"?
(a) Square.
(b) Constantly reshaping.
(c) Flat.
(d) Curved.

15. How does Qfwfq feel about the colors that fill the Earth?
(a) He is awed by the beautiful colors.
(b) He is frightened by the colors, but curious.
(c) He hates the colors and can't look at them.
(d) He is irritated by the colors and on edge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Deaf One's cousin?

2. What causes the sea creatures to go up into the air?

3. When matter starts to condense, who does the family have to pull out of the newly formed matter?

4. What is Father's reaction when the visiting aunts and uncles decide to leave?

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

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