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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the Authority enclave located?
(a) Livermore.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Washington state.
(d) A mountain in the sierra nevadas.

2. What false information has Wili been feeding to the Authority?
(a) False Tinker communications.
(b) False images.
(c) False radio transmissions.
(d) False intelligence reports.

3. Who creates the first bobble outside of the Authority?
(a) Jill.
(b) Wili.
(c) Allison.
(d) Paul.

4. Allison and Mike pretend to be what?
(a) Authority combat units.
(b) Authority reconnaissance units.
(c) Bioscientists.
(d) Ambassadors from the Tinkers.

5. How long did Wili program the bobbles he used during the attack on the pass to last?
(a) One year.
(b) Six months.
(c) One day.
(d) One month.

6. What does Wili do as part of his plan to help the hostages from the chess tournament?
(a) He alerts the Tinkers to their location.
(b) He organizes a raid to rescue them.
(c) He embobbles their captors.
(d) He embobbles them.

7. Avery intends to use the bobbles in what new way?
(a) On individual people.
(b) As fortifications.
(c) On critical resources such as arable land.
(d) As an offensive weapon.

8. When forced to tell Allison how he knows her, what does Wili say?
(a) He was told about her.
(b) He was watching her crash.
(c) He doesn't remember where he heard her name.
(d) He saw her picture.

9. What does Della urge Avery to do in reaction to the disturbance at the road block?
(a) Send reinforcements.
(b) Bobble the entire area.
(c) Nuke the entire area.
(d) Launch an artillery strike.

10. How does Wili deal with the threats around the pass that the Tinker's occupy?
(a) He causes them to attack each other.
(b) He distracts them.
(c) He leads them off with false reports.
(d) He bobbles them.

11. Why does Avery refuse Della's suggestion for a response to the disturbance at the road block?
(a) There are no resources available.
(b) He doesn't trust Della.
(c) The system is not ready yet.
(d) The coordinates are not clear.

12. Wili dedicates himself to studying what topic?
(a) Politics.
(b) Physics.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) History.

13. What force drives the floating bobble of the tenement building inland?
(a) Sea winds.
(b) A storm.
(c) A low-pressure system.
(d) A device that Wili created.

14. When Della and Mike corner Wili, what does Della tell Mike to do?
(a) Hold Wili captive.
(b) Force Wili to talk.
(c) Get the attention of the Authority agents.
(d) Find a weapon to kill Wili with.

15. Allison says that before the bobbles, mankind was close to achieving what major technological goal?
(a) Space colonization.
(b) Time travel.
(c) Cold fusion.
(d) Teleportation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Paul and the other acquire power for their computers along the way to the Authority enclave?

2. Where does Mike suggest that Paul move?

3. Mike realizes that an Authority vehicle of what type was destroyed by Wili's bobbles?

4. What does Della strike Avery down with?

5. What does Della think about her control over Mike after the ten days that Kaladze held them for?

(see the answer keys)

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