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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 type of fish is N'ba N'ga?
(a) Coelacanthus.
(b) Tetraodontidae.
(c) Exocoetus.
(d) Rhincodontidae.

2. When Fern-flower dreams of a dinosaur being teased, what does she do in the dream?
(a) She watches and finds it upsetting.
(b) She protects the dinosaur.
(c) She watches and finds it funny.
(d) She teases the dinosaur.

3. What does one of the spectators at the fight between Zahn and Qfwfq call out?
(a) Run, Dinosaur!
(b) He's a Dinosaur!
(c) Die, Dinosaur!
(d) Give it to him, Dinosaur!

4. What is N'ba N'ga's relationship to Qfwfq?
(a) He is a great-grandfather.
(b) He is a grandfather.
(c) He is an elder third cousin.
(d) He is a great-uncle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sign does the narrator read that at first he's happy about, but later is disappointed by?

2. What does Ursula H'x do as she falls?

3. After the narrator speculates that Ursula H'x and Lieutenant Fenimore might have met at some time in the past, what does he deduce from this speculation?

4. What is the first bet Qfwfq makes before the beginning of the universe?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Lieutenant Fenimore.

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

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

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

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

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

8. What second enormous hand sign does the narrator make, and why?

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

10. How does the narrator see evolution as confining?

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