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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 the narrator say the sign "Tchk Tchk" refers to?
(a) The time he swerved and crashed his car to avoid hitting a dog.
(b) The time he quit his job because they asked him to do something wrong.
(c) The time he stopped a bully from beating up a child.
(d) The time he gave a third of his salary to charity.

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

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

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

5. 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) Who's that fantastic fellow?
(d) Hey, fella, good job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Qfwfq do when a New One first calls to him?

2. What does one of the spectators at the fight between Zahn and Qfwfq call out?

3. How often does the whole family visit N'ba N'ga to get his advice?

4. Why is Lll more agile than Qfwfq?

5. How does Qfwfq feel about N'ba N'ga?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator see evolution as confining?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Which bets does Qfwfq find most satisfying?

8. What is the attitude of the New Ones to the Dinosaurs, when Qfwfq first encounters the New Ones after his period of isolation?

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

10. What gives Qfwfq an advantage over Dean (k)yK when they bet during the early evolution of the universe?

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