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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 happens at first when someone gets a Predictor?
(a) They learn how to outwit it.
(b) They find themselves unable to sleep.
(c) They play with it compulsively.
(d) They find it boring and forget about it.

2. What is Derek Brook’s role in developing the digients?
(a) He designs their avatars.
(b) He designs their clothing.
(c) He designs their personalities.
(d) He designs their environments.

3. What company offers Ana a job after the merger "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
(a) Polytope.
(b) Semitope.
(c) Multitope.
(d) Mechatope.

4. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what happens to the brain if it breached?
(a) It melts in a puddle of gold.
(b) It dissolves in a drizzle of gold.
(c) It erupts in a cloud of gold.
(d) It bursts forth in a stream of gold.

5. While performing his risky experiment, what does the narrator of "Exhalation" learn about their brains?
(a) Their brains are running more quickly.
(b) Their brains are running more slowly.
(c) Their brains are running more inexpertly.
(d) Their brains are running more efficiently.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," why has he sent this warning?

3. To whom is Fuwaad addressing his tale, "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate"?

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

5. How does the narrator of "Exhalation" describe their fate on page 53?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in “The Tale of the Wife and Her Lover”?

2. How does SaruMech Toys help the digients grow?

3. How do doctors try to treat Predictor patients in "What's Expected of Us"? What is the result?

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

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

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

7. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," how does the Predictor appear to support free will? How does it support determinism?

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

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

10. What experiment does the narrator of "Exhalation" undertake in order to understand the irregularity? How does he prepare for the experiment?

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