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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. How often does the whole family visit N'ba N'ga to get his advice?
(a) Once a century.
(b) Once a decade.
(c) Once a year.
(d) Once a month.

2. What does Ursula H'x do as she falls?
(a) She does her nails or combs her hair.
(b) She sleeps constantly.
(c) She plays music and sings.
(d) She does calisthenics.

3. What does N'ba N'ga say his relatives get from living on land?
(a) Callouses.
(b) Coughs.
(c) Piles.
(d) Warts.

4. To what does the narrator compare the paths of the characters' falls?
(a) Vines on a trellis.
(b) Strands of hair.
(c) Lines of handwriting.
(d) Metal chains.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Qfwfq want Lll to come away with him to?

2. Where does N'ba N'ga live?

3. In the world millions of years later, where does the narrator see the image of the first female mollusk he interacts with?

4. For how long does Qfwfq say he was a dinosaur?

5. Why is Lll more agile than Qfwfq?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Which bets does Qfwfq find most satisfying?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Zahn first react to Qfwfq?

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

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

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