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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. Why is the narrator certain Ursula H'x and Lieutenant Fenimore can't meet?
(a) Ursula H'x is completely contained in an inaccessible sphere.
(b) They cannot move as they fall.
(c) Lieutenant Fenimore and Ursula H'x are in separate dimensions.
(d) They are all falling parallel to each other.

2. How many people does the narrator expect will see the second event in his life, of which he is proud, compared to the first more shaming moment?
(a) The same number who saw the first.
(b) More than saw the first.
(c) Less than saw the first.
(d) No one.

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following impossible fantasies does the narrator have in his shapeless form?

2. Where does the narrator strike Lieutenant Fenimore as he falls on him?

3. What does the narrator anticipate with relief at the end of "The Light-Years"?

4. What does Qfwfq discover when he goes to spy out the reported dinosaurs?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Zahn first react to Qfwfq?

4. Describe the problems with the advice N'ba N'ga gives his family.

5. Which bets does Qfwfq find most satisfying?

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. Why does the narrator get an enormous sign of a hand with a pointing finger?

8. What explanation does the narrator give for caring about the opinion of whoever wrote the sign he first sees?

9. How does the narrator see evolution as confining?

10. What causes the narrator's suspicions about the female he encounters?

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