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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “What’s Expected of Us”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," how do some people ultimately react to the Predictor?
(a) They stop engaging in spontaneous action.
(b) They experience a life of possibility.
(c) They throw the Predictor against a wall.
(d) They use the Predictor to become wealthy.

2. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what happens at first when someone gets a Predictor?
(a) They find it boring and forget about it.
(b) They learn how to outwit it.
(c) They play with it compulsively.
(d) They find themselves unable to sleep.

3. What is the other profession of the merchant Bashaarat in "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate"?
(a) Chef.
(b) Banker.
(c) Inventor.
(d) Jeweler.

4. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what must one pretend to have?
(a) Hope.
(b) Discernment.
(c) Free will.
(d) Memory.

5. How does the narrator of "Exhalation" describe their fate on page 53?
(a) As needless.
(b) As useful.
(c) As preventable.
(d) As unavoidable.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," how long will it take before their species died out?

2. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," why are a third of Predictor users hospitalized?

3. What risky experiment does the narrator of "Exhalation" undertake?

4. While performing his risky experiment, what does the narrator of "Exhalation" learn about their world?

5. According to Bashaarat, on what street did Hassan avoid being trampled by a horse?

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