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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. What does Qfwfq do when a New One first calls to him?
(a) He runs away.
(b) He attacks the New One.
(c) He stands perfectly still and hides.
(d) He pretends to be dead.

2. What does the narrator anticipate with relief at the end of "The Light-Years"?
(a) A time when the galaxies all contract back together and he can communnicate more quickly.
(b) All the galaxies moving so far away that he can't communicate with them or change their opinions.
(c) A way finally emerging that he can communicate more fully across space, to make his situation clear.
(d) The results of a final judgment on him from one central galaxy.

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

4. During what period did the dinosaurs die out?
(a) The Paleozoic.
(b) The Eocene.
(c) The Miocene.
(d) The Cretaceous.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What unplanned benefit does the shell give the narrator?

2. What does Lll dare Qfwfq to do when they are playing near the water?

3. What sign does the narrator finally choose as his response to the first sign?

4. How does the narrator know about females of his species?

5. How does Dean (k)yK try to back out of the bet that there will be atoms?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the initial wealth that Qfwfq builds up?

2. How does Qfwfq describe Dean (k)yK, on a typical day in the present?

3. In the end of the mollusk's story, in what way does he encounter the female mollusk?

4. What does Qfwfq do with the body of the dinosaur the New Ones find?

5. How does the narrator describe being with Ursula H'x when their routes intersect?

6. In what way, according to the narrator's description, does the existence of a shell bring about eyes and the ability to see?

7. How does Lll react when she first meets N'ba N'ga?

8. Describe N'ba N'ga's objections to living on land.

9. When does the narrator suppose that he might finally meet Ursula, and what does he fear about that potential meeting?

10. What does the narrator think the first sign he sees is referring to?

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