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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first bet Qfwfq makes before the beginning of the universe?
(a) That the universe will begin at a specific point.
(b) That there will be a universe.
(c) That matter will exist.
(d) That there was a previous universe.

2. How does Dean (k)yK try to back out of the bet that there will be atoms?
(a) He accuses Qfwfq of cheating on the bet.
(b) He denies that he ever accepted a bet.
(c) He says that they never shook hands on the bet.
(d) He tries to deny that the atoms are atoms.

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

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

5. To what does the narrator compare the paths of the characters' falls?
(a) Lines of handwriting.
(b) Strands of hair.
(c) Metal chains.
(d) Vines on a trellis.

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

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

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

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

10. 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 makes mathematical calculations and predicts the atoms are coming.
(c) He sees one atom and realizes that more will probably follow soon.
(d) He reads a sign from a previous universe and interprets that it means there will be atoms soon.

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

12. How often does the whole family visit N'ba N'ga to get his advice?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Once a century.
(c) Once a decade.
(d) Once a year.

13. What are the main things the narrator is aware of beyond himself?
(a) The dirt and the rain.
(b) The sky and the air.
(c) The rock and the water.
(d) The mud and the plants.

14. What sign does the narrator read that at first he's happy about, but later is disappointed by?
(a) That character's really on the ball.
(b) This guy's pretty swell.
(c) Hey, fella, good job.
(d) Who's that fantastic fellow?

15. How does Qfwfq feel about N'ba N'ga?
(a) Qfwfq loves N'ba N'ga.
(b) Qfwfq is embarrassed by N'ba N'ga.
(c) Qfwfq is jealous of N'ba N'ga's watery home.
(d) Qfwfq is afraid of N'ba N'ga.

Short Answer Questions

1. What begins to happen to Qfwfq and Dean (k)yK's bets after humanity appears on the scene?

2. What things do Qfwfq and Dean (k)yK lack at first that makes betting difficult?

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

4. How far away is the galaxy where the narrator sees the sign?

5. How do the New Ones subsist?

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