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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has changed between David and Rosalind?
(a) They no longer speak to one another.
(b) They are too busy to see one another.
(c) They are both in love with norms.
(d) They are in love.

2. After his aunt's visit, what does David pray for at night?
(a) To become rich and powerful.
(b) To see the world.
(c) To become a mutant.
(d) To be like everyone else.

3. Who is Jerome Skinner?
(a) A man who lives near the woods and sees Sally and Katherine running.
(b) A man fleeing Waknuk for having a deviation.
(c) A traveler coming from Newf.
(d) A man searching for an escaped mutant.

4. What two forbidden things does Petra do at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) She speaks to strangers and plays with a Fringes child.
(b) She rides her pony off Strorm land and goes into the woods.
(c) She rides her pony to a stream and goes swimming alone.
(d) She takes her pony to Angus Morton and buys a new saddle.

5. David learns Petra can communicate with whom?
(a) People who live far away to the southwest.
(b) Non-telepathic people.
(c) Animals.
(d) People who live in the Badlands.

6. David, Petra, and Rosalind flee in which direction?
(a) Southwest.
(b) Southeast.
(c) Northeast.
(d) Northwest.

7. The day after his aunt’s visit, what news does David and his family receive?
(a) His aunt was found hiding in a local barn, but no mention of the baby was made.
(b) His aunt was captured by a patrol, but no mention of the baby was made.
(c) His aunt escaped to the Fringes, but no mention of the baby was made.
(d) His aunt’s body was found in the river, but no mention of the baby was made.

8. According to old Jacob, what is the cause of the bad season?
(a) Slackness regarding Purity standards.
(b) Winds blowing up from the south.
(c) People memorizing Nicholson’s Repentances.
(d) A bad winter.

9. How do the telepathics react to news of Anne’s plan to marry?
(a) They are shocked and think she is joking.
(b) They are upset and try to talk her out of it.
(c) They are disappointed and refuse to talk to her.
(d) They are happy and want to throw her a party.

10. What does the group of telepathics fear regarding Katherine?
(a) They fear she has been jailed.
(b) They fear she has died.
(c) They fear she has been abandoned in the Badlands.
(d) They fear she is refusing to speak to them.

11. A newborn is not formally announced until who approves the baby?
(a) The inspector.
(b) The local tax collector.
(c) The head of the patrol.
(d) The magistrate.

12. Who is Joe Darley?
(a) A man who communicates telepathically with Petra.
(b) A man who hunts mutants.
(c) A man from the Fringes.
(d) A man the inspector hires to make quiet inquiries.

13. According to Axel, what is the cause of the bad season?
(a) The Badlands spreading.
(b) Slackness regarding Purity standards.
(c) A bad winter with winds from the southwest.
(d) People memorizing Nicholson’s Repentances.

14. What makes the great-horses gallop out of control as the runaways near the forest?
(a) A gunshot whistles past them.
(b) A man jumps out of the bushes.
(c) A wild cat attacks them.
(d) Petra begin to scream.

15. What attacks Petra’s pony when she is alone?
(a) A bear.
(b) A Fringes child.
(c) A great bird.
(d) A wild cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to David, Petra is communicating with someone from which land while they are on the run?

2. What word best describes David’s aunt after she is rejected by the Strorms?

3. According to Petra, what can everyone do in Sealand?

4. What is the name of David’s younger sister?

5. After several days of travel, what signals to David that he has entered Wild Country?

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