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

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 experience a life of possibility.
(b) They stop engaging in spontaneous action.
(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," why has he sent this warning?
(a) Because he had no choice.
(b) Because he loves humanity.
(c) Because he wants to change the future.
(d) Because he wants to prove free will exists.

3. What type of Sophonce digient is good at solving puzzles?
(a) A Drayta.
(b) A Brayta.
(c) A Trayta.
(d) A Prayta.

4. How does Jeremy Brauer describe digients in Chapter 9 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
(a) As deal creators.
(b) As deal shakers.
(c) As deal makers.
(d) As deal breakers.

5. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what appears before the button is pressed?
(a) A red light.
(b) A green light.
(c) A blue light.
(d) A white light.

6. According to Bashaarat on page 12, why did Hassan’s older self not spare him from all misfortune?
(a) To allow his younger self the experience of passion.
(b) To allow his younger self the experience of joy.
(c) To allow his younger self the experience of fear.
(d) To allow his younger self the experience of discovery.

7. What risky experiment does the narrator of "Exhalation" undertake?
(a) Self-dissection.
(b) Self-evaluation.
(c) Self-study.
(d) Self-diagnosis.

8. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," the knowledge of the Predictor does what to the human logical system?
(a) Subdues it.
(b) Overrides it.
(c) Torments it.
(d) Crashes it.

9. How does Derek modify the physical appearance of his digients in Chapter 5 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
(a) To give them a polished look.
(b) To allow them to customize themselves.
(c) To show them maturing.
(d) To give them hair.

10. According to Bashaarat, on what street did Hassan avoid being trampled by a horse?
(a) The Street of White Wolves.
(b) The Street of Blue Moons.
(c) The Street of Black Dogs.
(d) The Street of Green Dragons.

11. As Chapter 5 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects" begins, what is the new virtual reality platform?
(a) Real Space.
(b) True Space.
(c) Genu Space.
(d) Veri Space.

12. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what begins to sink in after one has had a Predictor for a few days?
(a) The repercussions of a hypothetical future.
(b) The repercussions of an unchangeable future.
(c) The repercussions of a spontaneous future.
(d) The repercussions of a limitless future.

13. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," every breath they take contributes to what?
(a) Agitation.
(b) Instability.
(c) Imbalance.
(d) Equilibrium.

14. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what exists at the edge of the world?
(a) A solid wall of aluminum.
(b) A solid wall of copper.
(c) A solid wall of chromium.
(d) A solid wall of zinc.

15. What has Bruce Talbot programmed his digient to do?
(a) Act as his personal chef.
(b) Act as his personal maid.
(c) Act as his personal assistant.
(d) Act as his personal chauffeur.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ana Alvarado’s first job?

2. As the story "The Lifecycle of Software Objects" opens, what company has an opening that is perfect for Ana?

3. According to Binary Desire’s pitch in Chapter 8 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," the company will fund the Neuroblast port in exchange for what?

4. According to Binary Desire’s pitch in Chapter 8 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," the digients will never be subjected to what?

5. With which two digients does Derek often spend time?

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