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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the mollusk think of the development of eyesight?
(a) It's a trivial task compared to making a shell to be seen.
(b) It's something that eventually all things must do.
(c) It's impossibly difficult.
(d) It's a terrible curse for those who have it.

2. What weapon does Lieutenant Fenimore use against the narrator?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A baton.
(c) A sword.
(d) A dart.

3. How many people does the narrator expect will see the second event in his life, of which he is proud, compared to the first more shaming moment?
(a) Less than saw the first.
(b) More than saw the first.
(c) No one.
(d) The same number who saw the first.

4. After the narrator speculates that Ursula H'x and Lieutenant Fenimore might have met at some time in the past, what does he deduce from this speculation?
(a) That Ursula H'x and Lieutenant Fenimore will circle around and meet again.
(b) That Ursula H'x developed a love for Lieutenant Fenimore.
(c) That Ursula H'x and Lieutenant Fenimore are moving away from each other.
(d) That Ursula H'x developed a dislike for Lieutenant Fenimore.

5. What does the narrator say the sign "This time I like you." refers to?
(a) The time he left a manuscript on a train.
(b) The time he wore mismatched socks.
(c) The time he locked himself out of his house.
(d) The time he ignored the doorbell because he didn't wat to see his great-aunt.

6. How far away is the galaxy where the narrator sees the sign?
(a) Ten million light years.
(b) Fifty million light years.
(c) A hundred and fifty million light years.
(d) A hundred million light years.

7. How does the narrator see the shape of space?
(a) As a jagged-edged zig-zag.
(b) As a complex shape of curves, indentations, and projections.
(c) As a long curve that meets back with itself.
(d) As a long and smooth spiral.

8. Where does Qfwfq want Lll to come away with him to?
(a) An island in the river.
(b) A plain beyond the mountain.
(c) An underwater garden.
(d) A system of caverns in the forest.

9. How does Dean (k)yK react when Qfwfq loses a bet?
(a) He frowns, thinking that though he's won one bet, he's lost too many.
(b) He is polite and happy.
(c) He laughs at Qfwfq.
(d) He solemnly chides Qfwfq's foolishness.

10. In the world millions of years later, where does the narrator see the image of the first female mollusk he interacts with?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) In only photographs and representations of women.
(c) In all women.
(d) In only one woman he sees for a fleeting moment.

11. What begins to happen to Qfwfq and Dean (k)yK's bets after humanity appears on the scene?
(a) Dean (k)yK stops betting.
(b) Dean (k)yK begins to win more bets.
(c) Dean (k)yK begins to win every bet, without exception.
(d) Qfwfq begins to win every bet, without exception.

12. What gives the narrator the idea that space has a shape and form?
(a) Watching Lieutenant Fenimore move.
(b) Watching his own unconscious movements.
(c) Watching universes fly by.
(d) Watching Ursula H'x move.

13. Why does Qfwfq bet that there will be atoms?
(a) He gets a strange feeling like the weather is changing and intuits that atoms are coming.
(b) He reads a sign from a previous universe and interprets that it means there will be atoms soon.
(c) He makes mathematical calculations and predicts the atoms are coming.
(d) He sees one atom and realizes that more will probably follow soon.

14. How do the New Ones subsist?
(a) They gather berries, mushrooms, and vegetables from the woods.
(b) They grow vegetables in gardens.
(c) They catch fish from the river.
(d) They hunt deer in the woods.

15. What job does Zahn recommend Qfwfq for, which Qfwfq would rather not do?
(a) Defending the village.
(b) Ruling the village.
(c) Exploring new territory.
(d) Being ambassador to neighboring species.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Qfwfq feel about N'ba N'ga?

2. What does the first sign the narrator sees say?

3. What sign does the narrator finally choose as his response to the first sign?

4. What sign does the narrator see, when he looks up in anticipation of a reaction to the second event, of which he is proud?

5. What does Qfwfq predict will happen to stars?

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