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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the dinosaur do in the dream Fern-flower first tells Qfwfq about?
(a) The dinosaur carries Fern-flower off to eat her.
(b) The dinosaur lets Fern-flower ride on his back.
(c) The dinosaur destroys Fern-flower's house.
(d) The dinosaur hides in the woods and won't let himself be seen.

4. Which of the following impossible fantasies does the narrator have in his shapeless form?
(a) Snapping his fingers.
(b) Crossing his legs.
(c) Shaking someone's hand.
(d) Whistling.

5. What unplanned benefit does the shell give the narrator?
(a) Physical attraction for females.
(b) A weapon.
(c) Protection.
(d) Camouflage.

6. What name do the New Ones give to Qfwfq?
(a) The Grimacing One.
(b) The Large One.
(c) The Sad One.
(d) The Ugly One.

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

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

9. What does Ursula H'x do as she falls?
(a) She plays music and sings.
(b) She does calisthenics.
(c) She does her nails or combs her hair.
(d) She sleeps constantly.

10. What sign does the narrator see, when he looks up in anticipation of a reaction to the second event, of which he is proud?
(a) Oh, well.
(b) I missed it.
(c) Not at home.
(d) Tra-la-la-la.

11. What does Qfwfq identify as the first numbers to exist?
(a) The numbers e and pi.
(b) The numbers pi and phi.
(c) The numbers i and 0.
(d) The numbers 0 and 1.

12. Where does the narrator strike Lieutenant Fenimore as he falls on him?
(a) In the spleen.
(b) On the cranium.
(c) On the gluteus maximus.
(d) On the cervical vertibrae.

13. What does Lll dare Qfwfq to do when they are playing near the water?
(a) Run through the waves as fast as he can.
(b) Make as big a splash as he can.
(c) Hold his breath under water as long as he can.
(d) Get as close to the water as he can.

14. 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 ignored the doorbell because he didn't wat to see his great-aunt.
(d) The time he wore mismatched socks.

15. What example of a detailed bet that he makes does Qfwfq give?
(a) What shape Australia's coastline will take.
(b) How deep the Grand Canyon will be.
(c) Whether the Assyrians will invade Mesopotamia.
(d) Where the Great Pyramids will be located.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one of the spectators at the fight between Zahn and Qfwfq call out?

2. 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?

3. Where is a dinosaur body uncovered?

4. To what does the narrator compare the paths of the characters' falls?

5. Where does Qfwfq want Lll to come away with him to?

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