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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bean witness on his way to Battle School in Chapter 5?
(a) A company commander about to commit suicide.
(b) A young boy crying by himself under a tree.
(c) An adult in a fist fight with another adult.
(d) An adult purposefully humiliating a new student.

2. What do the kitchen adults think when they observe a fight between Achilles and another?
(a) They misinterpret what happened.
(b) They think Achilles is the instigator.
(c) That the children should learn how to survive at a young age.
(d) They think it is a psychological study of street orphans.

3. What does Colonel Graff talk to Captain Dimak about concerning Bean?
(a) Bean's insubordination.
(b) Bean's acing of the latest round of battle simulations.
(c) Bean's failure to help the other students.
(d) Bean's altered DNA.

4. What prompts Sister Carlotta to look into Bean's origins?
(a) Seeing a special tattoo on his shoulder.
(b) Learning that he can read.
(c) Reading some papers Bean gives Sister Carlotta.
(d) Hearing Bean's odd accent.

5. Why does Sister Carlotta need what she gets from Colonel Graff?
(a) To research more about Bean.
(b) To take over as Bean's legal guardian.
(c) To serve on the strike force planning group.
(d) To take over as CEO of the World Food Bank.

6. What concerns one of the higher-grade officers about Bean?
(a) That Bean will never learn how to command.
(b) That Bean will receive special treatment.
(c) That Bean will be a flash in the pan.
(d) That Bean will not listen to orders.

7. What second function do the students' desks serve?
(a) As beds.
(b) As means of communicating with Earth.
(c) As pad computers.
(d) As health monitors.

8. What is one of Bean's main disadvantages?
(a) His great height and girth.
(b) His natural kindness.
(c) His arrogance.
(d) His small stature.

9. On what city's streets does Bean survive?
(a) Pretoria.
(b) London.
(c) Rotterdam.
(d) Cairo.

10. With whom does Sister Carlotta speak in Sofia, Bulgaria?
(a) Bean's grandmother.
(b) A metals tycoon.
(c) An exiled Russian scientist.
(d) An artificial intelligence computer.

11. How does Bean get to know the students in detail in Chapter 11?
(a) Asking them questions.
(b) Reading up in their records.
(c) Observing them.
(d) Asking Dimak about them.

12. What does Sister Carlotta invite Poke's crew to do?
(a) Go tour the Battle School.
(b) Attend her school.
(c) Attend a concert at her home.
(d) Attend a presentation about careers.

13. How does Achilles help the younger children of Poke's crew?
(a) He teaches them ways to use their size to hurt other crews.
(b) He chooses their watch positions to keep them safe.
(c) He helps them get in line at the soup kitchen.
(d) He has nothing to do with the younger children.

14. Who is Pablo de Noches?
(a) A janitor with whom Bean had been living.
(b) Bean's uncle.
(c) Achilles' uncle.
(d) One of the officials in IF.

15. What do some of the older kids do at the soup kitchen?
(a) Volunteer to serve the food.
(b) Wait to eat until the younger kids have eaten..
(c) Not let the younger ones into the lines.
(d) Give part of their food to the younger kids.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why won't IF accept Achilles?

2. What is Bean's main strategy in Chapter 5 for his time at school?

3. How tall is Bean predicted to become?

4. Why does Bean want to have several user names and passwords?

5. Who does Bean suggest to Poke that they intimidate?

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