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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. How long does Francis remain a novitiate?
(a) nine years
(b) seven years
(c) five years
(d) three years

2. Who attacks Francis on his way to Rome?
(a) two normal-seeming men who claim that they are angels
(b) a short, normal-seeming robber and his two-headed companion
(c) two brawny, muscled men with three eyes
(d) an ugly, stocky old woman and three young girls

3. Why does Cheroki find standing and kneeling uncomfortable?
(a) He is used to sitting in a chair.
(b) His legs are wounded.
(c) He has arthritis.
(d) He was mutated by radiation.

4. Why doesn't Francis open the racing form?
(a) Francis considers the racing form holy and doesn't want to touch it.
(b) The monks believe that gambling is a sin.
(c) The old paper is too fragile.
(d) The racing form is stuck together with some kind of glue.

5. What does Brother Francis find that lets him know the fallout shelter hasn't been plundered?
(a) gold coins
(b) a ruby ring
(c) a gold tooth
(d) a gold necklace

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Pope ask to come to New Rome?

2. Where does the unwelcome guest claim to have gotten the Old Jew's goat?

3. What does Brother Francis at first believe is in the hole?

4. With what does the pilgrim attack Brother Francis?

5. Where does the Abbot send Francis?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Arkos accuse Francis of doing damage?

2. Why doesn't Francis want to join the Pope's crusade?

3. How does Taddeo view the modern-day common man?

4. Describe the Valley of the Misborn.

5. Describe the pilgrim.

6. Describe Francis's life before the monastery.

7. Why were papers burned during the Simplification?

8. What stops Brother Francis from sharing the pilgrim's food?

9. How does the Pope treat the clan chief?

10. Compare the robber's view of the illuminated blueprint and the original relic to Francis's.

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