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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does N'ba N'ga say his relatives get from living on land?
(a) Warts.
(b) Coughs.
(c) Piles.
(d) Callouses.
2. How does Dean (k)yK react when Qfwfq loses a bet?
(a) He is polite and happy.
(b) He frowns, thinking that though he's won one bet, he's lost too many.
(c) He solemnly chides Qfwfq's foolishness.
(d) He laughs at Qfwfq.
3. What is the second sign the narrator sees, when he is looking for reactions to his magnanimous and generous actions?
(a) You have a hole in your sock.
(b) You have forgotten your gloves.
(c) You have a shoe untied.
(d) You have a flannel undershirt.
4. 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 0 and 1.
(d) The numbers i and 0.
5. What does Ursula H'x do as she falls?
(a) She does her nails or combs her hair.
(b) She does calisthenics.
(c) She sleeps constantly.
(d) She plays music and sings.
6. Where is a dinosaur body uncovered?
(a) A cavern.
(b) A rock slide.
(c) A melting glacier.
(d) A tar pit.
7. What is N'ba N'ga's relationship to Qfwfq?
(a) He is an elder third cousin.
(b) He is a great-grandfather.
(c) He is a grandfather.
(d) He is a great-uncle.
8. What does Lll do after N'ba N'ga says that he could teach her to live in the water?
(a) She immediately jumps in the water.
(b) She laughs and runs off.
(c) She starts to cry.
(d) She gives N'ba N'ga a kiss.
9. Where does N'ba N'ga say is a good hunting ground?
(a) The roots of floating trees.
(b) The underwater caves along the shore.
(c) Reed gardens near the water's edge.
(d) The pools near waterfalls.
10. How much does the narrator plan the details of his shell's appearance?
(a) He plans it in specific detail, but it doesn't turn out quite like planned.
(b) He plans it in specific detail, and it turns out as planned.
(c) He plans a general outline.
(d) He doesn't plan it at all.
11. What does Lll dare Qfwfq to do when they are playing near the water?
(a) Get as close to the water as he can.
(b) Hold his breath under water as long as he can.
(c) Run through the waves as fast as he can.
(d) Make as big a splash as he can.
12. Where does N'ba N'ga live?
(a) In a bay inlet, near a waterfall.
(b) In the shallow edge of a lagoon.
(c) In a quiet cove on the edge of the sea.
(d) In a rock formation in a river.
13. What does one of the spectators at the fight between Zahn and Qfwfq call out?
(a) Die, Dinosaur!
(b) Run, Dinosaur!
(c) He's a Dinosaur!
(d) Give it to him, Dinosaur!
14. When Fern-flower dreams of a dinosaur being teased, what does she do in the dream?
(a) She teases the dinosaur.
(b) She watches and finds it funny.
(c) She protects the dinosaur.
(d) She watches and finds it upsetting.
15. What bet does Qfwfq make about Signorina Giuseppina Pensotti before she (or humanity at all) yet exists?
(a) What exact date she will die.
(b) How many footsteps she will take in her lifetime.
(c) How many children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren she will have.
(d) Whether she turns right or left on a specific day, coming out of her house.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator describe the making of his shell as?
2. Which of the following impossible fantasies does the narrator have in his shapeless form?
3. What do the New Ones do when they find the dinosaur body?
4. What things do Qfwfq and Dean (k)yK lack at first that makes betting difficult?
5. How does Dean (k)yK try to back out of the bet that there will be atoms?
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