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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What sign does the narrator finally choose as his response to the first sign?
(a) So what?
(b) What do you mean?
(c) What of it?
(d) Who cares.

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

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

5. 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.

6. Why is Lll more agile than Qfwfq?
(a) She was born on land.
(b) She has a new kind of knee joint.
(c) She has run races all her life.
(d) She is younger than Qfwfq.

7. Where does N'ba N'ga live?
(a) In the shallow edge of a lagoon.
(b) In a rock formation in a river.
(c) In a bay inlet, near a waterfall.
(d) In a quiet cove on the edge of the sea.

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

9. 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?
(a) The variables pi and phi.
(b) The variables x and y.
(c) The variables a and b.
(d) The variables e and c.

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

11. 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) More than saw the first.
(b) The same number who saw the first.
(c) Less than saw the first.
(d) No one.

12. What things do Qfwfq and Dean (k)yK lack at first that makes betting difficult?
(a) Other people to referree the bets and fix disputes.
(b) Pencils and paper to track their bets.
(c) Senses to see the world around them with.
(d) Symbols, money, and numbers.

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

14. When Fern-flower dreams of a dinosaur being teased, what does she do in the dream?
(a) She protects the dinosaur.
(b) She teases the dinosaur.
(c) She watches and finds it funny.
(d) She watches and finds it upsetting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Qfwfq identify as the first numbers to exist?

2. Where does the narrator strike Lieutenant Fenimore as he falls on him?

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

4. During what period did the dinosaurs die out?

5. What weapon does Lieutenant Fenimore use against the narrator?

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