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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 swarm of insects does the narrator describe flying through the air in the second part of the story, in the railway embankment scene?
(a) Mosquitoes.
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Flies.
(d) Bees.

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 do the New Ones do when they find the dinosaur body?
(a) They burn the body out of fear.
(b) They celebrate.
(c) They hold a trial to determine the fate of the dinosaur.
(d) They move away from the area, now taboo.

4. What is the second sign the narrator sees, when he is looking for reactions to his magnanimous and generous actions?
(a) You have a shoe untied.
(b) You have a hole in your sock.
(c) You have a flannel undershirt.
(d) You have forgotten your gloves.

5. Who does Ursula H'x always look at as she falls?
(a) No one.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Both the narrator and Lieutenant Fenimore.
(d) Lieutenant Fenimore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does N'ba N'ga say his relatives get from living on land?

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

3. What does Qfwfq predict will happen to stars?

4. Where does the narrator strike Lieutenant Fenimore as he falls on him?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which bets does Qfwfq find most satisfying?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Lieutenant Fenimore.

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

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

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