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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Qfwfq feel about N'ba N'ga?
(a) Qfwfq loves N'ba N'ga.
(b) Qfwfq is afraid of N'ba N'ga.
(c) Qfwfq is jealous of N'ba N'ga's watery home.
(d) Qfwfq is embarrassed by N'ba N'ga.

2. What does the second sign that the narrator sees through his telescope say?
(a) I saw you.
(b) I saw it.
(c) I know you.
(d) I know it.

3. What name do the New Ones give to Qfwfq?
(a) The Large One.
(b) The Sad One.
(c) The Ugly One.
(d) The Grimacing One.

4. Where does N'ba N'ga live?
(a) In a bay inlet, near a waterfall.
(b) In a quiet cove on the edge of the sea.
(c) In the shallow edge of a lagoon.
(d) In a rock formation in a river.

5. How often does the whole family visit N'ba N'ga to get his advice?
(a) Once a decade.
(b) Once a century.
(c) Once a month.
(d) Once a year.

6. What are the main things the narrator is aware of beyond himself?
(a) The sky and the air.
(b) The mud and the plants.
(c) The rock and the water.
(d) The dirt and the rain.

7. What variables does the narrator use to refer to the two moments in his life that he thinks others must be observing from far-away galaxies?
(a) The variables a and b.
(b) The variables e and c.
(c) The variables x and y.
(d) The variables pi and phi.

8. Which of the following impossible fantasies does the narrator have in his shapeless form?
(a) Shaking someone's hand.
(b) Whistling.
(c) Snapping his fingers.
(d) Crossing his legs.

9. What does the narrator say the sign "Tchk Tchk" refers to?
(a) The time he quit his job because they asked him to do something wrong.
(b) The time he stopped a bully from beating up a child.
(c) The time he gave a third of his salary to charity.
(d) The time he swerved and crashed his car to avoid hitting a dog.

10. How does the narrator first interact with a female?
(a) He bumps into her.
(b) He follows her path.
(c) He dances around her.
(d) He fertilizes her eggs.

11. What sign does the narrator finally choose as his response to the first sign?
(a) So what?
(b) What of it?
(c) What do you mean?
(d) Who cares.

12. How does Dean (k)yK react when Qfwfq loses a bet?
(a) He frowns, thinking that though he's won one bet, he's lost too many.
(b) He is polite and happy.
(c) He laughs at Qfwfq.
(d) He solemnly chides Qfwfq's foolishness.

13. What does one of the spectators at the fight between Zahn and Qfwfq call out?
(a) He's a Dinosaur!
(b) Run, Dinosaur!
(c) Give it to him, Dinosaur!
(d) Die, Dinosaur!

14. What does Qfwfq think of N'ba N'ga's way of speaking?
(a) His language is archaic.
(b) His interesting metaphors are enlightening.
(c) His singsong speech is annoying.
(d) He speaks in riddles that are difficult to understand.

15. What swarm of insects does the narrator describe flying through the air in the second part of the story, in the railway embankment scene?
(a) Mosquitoes.
(b) Bees.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Flies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Qfwfq and Dean (k)yK the libraries, magazines, and computers they need for their calculations?

2. What does N'ba N'ga say his relatives get from living on land?

3. What are the first things Qfwfq and Dean (k)yK have to bet with?

4. During what period did the dinosaurs die out?

5. What does the dinosaur do in the dream Fern-flower first tells Qfwfq about?

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