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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 begins to happen to Qfwfq and Dean (k)yK's bets after humanity appears on the scene?
(a) Qfwfq begins to win every bet, without exception.
(b) Dean (k)yK stops betting.
(c) Dean (k)yK begins to win every bet, without exception.
(d) Dean (k)yK begins to win more bets.

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

3. How does Dean (k)yK try to back out of the bet that there will be atoms?
(a) He denies that he ever accepted a bet.
(b) He says that they never shook hands on the bet.
(c) He accuses Qfwfq of cheating on the bet.
(d) He tries to deny that the atoms are atoms.

4. What name do the New Ones give to Qfwfq?
(a) The Grimacing One.
(b) The Large One.
(c) The Sad One.
(d) The Ugly One.

5. What are the main things the narrator is aware of beyond himself?
(a) The mud and the plants.
(b) The dirt and the rain.
(c) The rock and the water.
(d) The sky and the air.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is N'ba N'ga's relationship to Qfwfq?

3. How does Lieutenant Fenimore react when the narrator indicates he's seen a universe?

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

5. How do the New Ones subsist?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the New Ones' perception of dinosaurs change over the time Qfwfq is with them?

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

4. How does the narrator see evolution as confining?

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 not want to show his desire to meet Ursula at the beginning of the story "The Form of Space"?

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

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

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

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