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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. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what does the Predictor do?
(a) Sends a signal to another dimension.
(b) Sends a signal to a distant planet.
(c) Sends a signal forward in time.
(d) Sends a signal back in time.

2. As Fuwaad’s prepares to begin his story, "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," how does he describe his tale?
(a) As facts and data.
(b) As fiction and fable.
(c) As advice and counsel.
(d) As a warning and a lesson.

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

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

5. With which two digients does Derek often spend time?
(a) Daniel and Boone.
(b) Lief and Erikson.
(c) Marco and Polo.
(d) Ferdinand and Magellan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of “Exhalation” study?

2. What job has Derek taken in Chapter 4 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

3. What literary device is being employed when the narrator of "What's Expected of Us" references a “Lovecraftian horror” (59)?

4. According to Ana, love means what?

5. What is the name of Derek’s wife in "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Jennifer Chase? What pitch does she make in Chapter 8 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

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

3. What happens to some Predictor users? According to the narrator on page 59, why does this happen?

4. What company shows interest in the digients in Chapter 7 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"? What is Derek's reaction to the company's interest?

5. What have people come to expect from digients in Chapter 5 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

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

7. How has the digient community expanded in Chapter 2 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

8. What job offer does Ana receive in Chapter 7 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"? What reservations does she have? What makes her inclined to accept?

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

10. Why does Fuwaad travel through the Gate of Years? What does he discover?

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