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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does the narrator first interact with a female?
(a) He follows her path.
(b) He dances around her.
(c) He bumps into her.
(d) He fertilizes her eggs.

4. Who gives Qfwfq and Dean (k)yK the libraries, magazines, and computers they need for their calculations?
(a) An International Conglomerate.
(b) A Research Foundation.
(c) A Government Agency.
(d) A University Grant.

5. Where are the universes that the narrator sees as he falls?
(a) So near he can almost touch them.
(b) All around, always near, but never crossing his path.
(c) Very far away so he almost thinks they're illusions.
(d) Always above him as he falls away from them.

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

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

8. What does the first sign the narrator sees say?
(a) I saw you.
(b) I know it.
(c) I know you.
(d) I saw it.

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

10. When Ursula H'x begins swaying during her fall, what does Lieutenant Fenimore do?
(a) He begins staring at her, hypnotized.
(b) He looks away.
(c) He lunges toward her.
(d) He begins to imitate her swaying.

11. Who does Ursula H'x always look at as she falls?
(a) The narrator.
(b) No one.
(c) Both the narrator and Lieutenant Fenimore.
(d) Lieutenant Fenimore.

12. What do the New Ones do when they find the dinosaur body?
(a) They burn the body out of fear.
(b) They move away from the area, now taboo.
(c) They hold a trial to determine the fate of the dinosaur.
(d) They celebrate.

13. For how long does Qfwfq say he was a dinosaur?
(a) About a hundred million years.
(b) About eighty million years.
(c) About fifty million years.
(d) About thirty million years.

14. What does Lll do after N'ba N'ga says that he could teach her to live in the water?
(a) She laughs and runs off.
(b) She gives N'ba N'ga a kiss.
(c) She starts to cry.
(d) She immediately jumps in the water.

15. What is N'ba N'ga's relationship to Qfwfq?
(a) He is a great-uncle.
(b) He is a grandfather.
(c) He is a great-grandfather.
(d) He is an elder third cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Qfwfq bet that there will be atoms?

2. 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?

3. How does the narrator feel about the female he comes to notice?

4. What name do the New Ones give to Qfwfq?

5. What variables does the narrator use to refer to the two moments in his life that he thinks others must be observing from far-away galaxies?

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