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

2. Where is a dinosaur body uncovered?
(a) A cavern.
(b) A tar pit.
(c) A rock slide.
(d) A melting glacier.

3. Why is Lll more agile than Qfwfq?
(a) She has run races all her life.
(b) She was born on land.
(c) She has a new kind of knee joint.
(d) She is younger than Qfwfq.

4. What does Qfwfq do when a New One first calls to him?
(a) He attacks the New One.
(b) He runs away.
(c) He pretends to be dead.
(d) He stands perfectly still and hides.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second sign the narrator sees, when he is looking for reactions to his magnanimous and generous actions?

2. What weapon does Lieutenant Fenimore use against the narrator?

3. How does Qfwfq feel about N'ba N'ga?

4. Who does the mollusk expect to develop sight but doesn't?

5. What are the first things Qfwfq and Dean (k)yK have to bet with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the attitude of the New Ones to the Dinosaurs, when Qfwfq first encounters the New Ones after his period of isolation?

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

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

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