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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 a distant planet.
(b) Sends a signal to another dimension.
(c) Sends a signal back in time.
(d) Sends a signal forward in time.

2. What job has Derek taken in Chapter 4 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
(a) A producer.
(b) An animator.
(c) An architect.
(d) An engineer.

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

4. What is the name of the second story Bashaarat tells Fuwaad?
(a) “The Tale of the Carpenter Who Stole from Himself.”
(b) “The Tale of the Weaver Who Stole from Himself.”
(c) “The Tale of the Merchant Who Stole from Himself.”
(d) “The Tale of the Scrivener Who Stole from Himself.”

5. What prediction does Fuwaad make to the captain of the city guard in "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate"?
(a) That the Caliph's grandson would be born via caesarean section.
(b) That the Caliph's grandson would be born in a caul.
(c) That the Caliph’s grandson would be born an albino.
(d) That the Caliph's grandson would be born prematurely.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," how do some people ultimately react to the Predictor?

2. What does Ana remain committed to teaching Jax at the end of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

3. As Chapter 5 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects" begins, what is the new virtual reality platform?

4. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what is one mystery they have never solved?

5. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what is the reservoir of air that exists underground?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What are digients? What company is producing them, and who is hired to train them?

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