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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 dinosaur do in the dream Fern-flower first tells Qfwfq about?
(a) The dinosaur hides in the woods and won't let himself be seen.
(b) The dinosaur carries Fern-flower off to eat her.
(c) The dinosaur lets Fern-flower ride on his back.
(d) The dinosaur destroys Fern-flower's house.

2. How does the narrator first interact with a female?
(a) He dances around her.
(b) He fertilizes her eggs.
(c) He bumps into her.
(d) He follows her path.

3. What does Qfwfq think of N'ba N'ga's way of speaking?
(a) He speaks in riddles that are difficult to understand.
(b) His interesting metaphors are enlightening.
(c) His language is archaic.
(d) His singsong speech is annoying.

4. What bet does Qfwfq make about Signorina Giuseppina Pensotti before she (or humanity at all) yet exists?
(a) Whether she turns right or left on a specific day, coming out of her house.
(b) How many footsteps she will take in her lifetime.
(c) What exact date she will die.
(d) How many children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren she will have.

5. What does the mollusk think of the development of eyesight?
(a) It's a terrible curse for those who have it.
(b) It's impossibly difficult.
(c) It's something that eventually all things must do.
(d) It's a trivial task compared to making a shell to be seen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where are the universes that the narrator sees as he falls?

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

4. What does the second sign that the narrator sees through his telescope say?

5. What do the New Ones do when they find the dinosaur body?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Zahn first react to Qfwfq?

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

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

6. What does N'ba N'ga like about the water where he lives?

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

8. Which bets does Qfwfq find most satisfying?

9. How does the narrator see evolution as confining?

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

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