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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the albatross in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) It thrives in the caves.
(b) It is killed by eating plastic.
(c) It lets humans raise its young.
(d) It is killed by hunters.

2. Who makes the machine in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?
(a) Man.
(b) The Angel.
(c) God.
(d) The Devil.

3. What is the robot designed to do in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Little Robot"?
(a) Learn like a child.
(b) Eat like a human.
(c) Write.
(d) Read.

4. What do plastics make lighter for carrying water in "The Bright Side"?
(a) Glasses.
(b) Buckets.
(c) Umbrellas.
(d) Container ships.

5. What do the ravens ask the people in "This Fjord Looks Like a Lake"?
(a) When will our time come?
(b) Why do you leave so many plastics lying around?
(c) Will you be next?
(d) Are you here to harm us?

6. What does the plastic "rock" look like in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) Blue and yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) Purple and striated.
(d) Black and striped and slippery.

7. When is every life a failure in "Feather"?
(a) At the last hour.
(b) At the apocalypse.
(c) At dusk.
(d) At dawn.

8. What do the ravens understand in "This Fjord Looks Like a Lake"?
(a) How fickle humans are.
(b) How to heal the sick.
(c) Waned flesh.
(d) The march of time.

9. What do the new werewolves sing as they run through the world?
(a) Freedom and power!
(b) Wind and rain!
(c) Find me now!
(d) Belle dame!

10. What is the defining foliage of the oil age in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) Rock.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Twigs.
(d) Plastic.

11. What happens in Part 7 of "The Aliens Arrive"?
(a) They look like snakes and want us to be mean to each other.
(b) They look like octopi and want us to be kind to each other.
(c) They look just like us and want to take over the earth.
(d) They look like rabbits and can not communicate.

12. What is it bad luck to do in the poem "Spider Signatures"?
(a) Eat a spider.
(b) Name a spider.
(c) Kill a spider in the house.
(d) Feed a spider to the birds.

13. What happens when a human comes across the spider too suddenly in "Spider Signatures"?
(a) She screams.
(b) She falls asleep.
(c) She faints.
(d) She vomits.

14. What is one feature of happy dreams of wolves in "Short Takes on Wolves"?
(a) Zombies.
(b) Humans.
(c) The tender bones of stupid caribou.
(d) Trees.

15. What happens in Part II of "The Aliens Arrive"?
(a) We kill most of them.
(b) We eat some of their food, and it is good.
(c) We go with them back to their own world.
(d) They kill most of us, and a few are left alive after they leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the hard part in "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?

2. Who is wrenched up by the sun in "Walking in the Madman's Wood"?

3. What will the baby sirens be "ravenous" with in "Siren Brooding on her Eggs"?

4. What were all the werewolves in the old days in "Update on Werewolves"?

5. What is the main problem with the plastics in the environment in "Plasticene Suite"?

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