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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the maximum speed that Wade's avatar can run?
(a) 5 kilometers per hour.
(b) 9 kilometers per hour.
(c) 3 kilometers per hour.
(d) 7 kilometers per hour.

2. In the funeral scene from James Halliday's video release upon his death, what film is actually shown?
(a) "Better Off Dead."
(b) "To Have and Have Not."
(c) "Heathers."
(d) "George Hill."

3. What is the title of the short film that Halliday released as a video message upon his death?
(a) "Anorak's Invitation."
(b) "IOI."
(c) "Anorak's Almanac."
(d) "OASIS."

4. Who is the first of the authors described in the "entire recommended gunter reading list" described by Wade in Chapter 6?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Douglas Adams.
(d) Orson Welles.

5. What does Wade use as a hideout in Ready Player One?
(a) An abandoned train car.
(b) A broom closet.
(c) An old subway tunnel.
(d) An abandoned van.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the neighborhood where Wade lives with his aunt?

2. When was Ogden Morrow's wife killed in a car accident?

3. What does "PvP" refer to in the narrative?

4. What has Wade rigged up as a battery re-charger in his hideout?

5. How did Wade's mother die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Art3mis? How does Wade feel about this character?

2. What is the name of Wade’s avatar? To what is Wade’s avatar an allusion?

3. What is significant about Wade’s score appearing on the scoreboard for the first time?

4. What would you say Wade’s actions reflect about his character in Chapter 14?

5. What happens when Wade attains the key in Chapter 8?

6. Who are the Sixers in the novel? What is their objective?

7. What discovery does Wade make regarding Art3mis in Chapter 9?

8. Why does Wade warn his friends about in Chapter 15?

9. What happens to Wade’s trailer in Chapter 14?

10. What does Wade learn from Aech in Chapter 15? How does he respond?

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