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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Pfwfp, compared to Qfwfq?
(a) A child older than Qfwfq, who feels superior to him.
(b) A younger child than Qfwfq, who looks up to him.
(c) A child about the same age as Qfwfq.
(d) A young adult who still plays with the child Qfwfq.

2. What does Qfwfq say made the sign recognizable?
(a) The sign was the brightest thing around.
(b) The sign was the largest thing around.
(c) Having created it, he was bound to recognize it.
(d) All other points were the same.

3. How often does Qfwfq finally realize he will pass by his sign?
(a) Once every nine galactic revolutions.
(b) Once every seven galactic revolutions.
(c) Once every five galactic revolutions.
(d) Once every three galactic revolutions.

4. What scientist's calculations are referred to in the opening to the story?
(a) Edwin P. Hubble
(b) Galileo Galilei
(c) Anders Celcius
(d) Giorgio Abetti

5. Who is the Deaf One in love with?
(a) Qfwfq.
(b) The moon.
(c) Xlthlx.
(d) Mrs. Vhd Vhd.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Qfwfq scold, after the family's planet first hits something?

2. How many signs were created before Qfwfq's sign?

3. What does the cleaning woman spend all day doing?

4. Who is the first person Qfwfq complains about living so close to?

5. How does Qfwfq feel at first, after realizing he is trapped on the moon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Granny say has happened after the darkness comes again at the end of the story?

2. How does Mrs. Vhd Vhd act during her time trapped on the moon?

3. Describe what Qfwfq thinks as he nears the end of the first galactic revolution and believes he's about to see his sign again.

4. What happens when Qfwfq comes again to the place where his first sign was, and finds five signs there?

5. What happens to Mrs. Ph(i)nK_0 at the end of the story?

6. What happens to the family and the planet after G'd(w)^n leaves?

7. Why does Qfwfq fear making a third true sign?

8. How does the Deaf One act while the moon is further away from the Earth?

9. What object's beauty do Qfwfq and Ayl disagree about?

10. What happens to the aunts and uncles when they leave?

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