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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 was Ana Alvarado’s first job?
(a) Painter.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Zookeeper.
(d) Therapist.

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

3. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what is the end state of many Predictor users?
(a) Akinetic mutism.
(b) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
(c) Athymhormic syndrome.
(d) Abulic aphasia.

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

5. According to Binary Desire’s pitch in Chapter 8 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," the company will maintain what aspect of the digients?
(a) Their anthropomorphic appearances.
(b) Their innate curiosity.
(c) Their coded circuit breakers.
(d) Their unique personalities.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What developer makes a robot body so that digients may experience the world?

3. According to Ana, love means what?

4. Who is the young weaver in Bashaarat’s second tale?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Bashaarat? What does he sell in his store?

2. Why has the digient community shrunk in Chapter 3 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

3. What advice does the narrator of "What's Expected of Us" offer the reader on page 60?

4. What unauthorized usage troubles remaining owners in Chapter 4 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

5. To whom does Fuwaad address his tale on page 3? What does he say about his story?

6. What is the public's reaction to the narrator's discovery in "Exhalation"? How does the narrator react?

7. What happens in "The Tale of the Fortunate Rope-Maker"?

8. Who are Jeremy Brauer and Frank Pearson? What does Ana learn from them in Chapter 9 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

9. What does the reader learn about the beings as the story "Exhalation" opens on pages 37 and 38?

10. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," on page 59, what happens after a person gets a Predictor?

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