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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Peg had tried and failed to attach what kind of surveillance device to Jason Taverner?
(a) A seed bomb.
(b) A voice tap.
(c) A sound recorder.
(d) A video recorder.

2. How many people at one time are generally using the phone grid at once?
(a) Scores.
(b) Thousands.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) Millions.

3. Inspector McNulty shares with Felix Buckman that Jason Taverner has somehow rid himself of what surveillance device?
(a) A voice tap.
(b) A seed bomb.
(c) A recording device.
(d) A microtrans.

4. What kind of drug does Jason Taverner take willingly from Alys?
(a) Mescaline.
(b) Ether.
(c) LSD.
(d) Peyote.

5. Jason Taverner escapes from the Buckman home by what method?
(a) He runs off down the street and toward Kathy's apartment.
(b) He asks a woman for a ride in her flipflap.
(c) He asks a woman for a ride in her quibble.
(d) He gets Alys to give him a ride.

6. The phone grid links what element of the users' humanity?
(a) Intellect.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Sexuality.

7. Jason Taverner knows when he feels what sensation that the drug is beginning to take effect?
(a) His head aches.
(b) His fingers tingle.
(c) His legs ache.
(d) He feels nausea.

8. What objects does Alys show to Jason Taverner inside Alys's quibble?
(a) Record albums by Jason Taverner.
(b) Rare postage stamps.
(c) Record albums by Felix Buckman.
(d) Stacks of cash.

9. From what source had Felix Buckman procured the stamp he gives to Alys?
(a) From Jason Taverner.
(b) From the black market.
(c) From a political prisoner buying his freedom.
(d) From his father.

10. How much money does Herb want to bet Felix Buckman that they find nothing even when they locate Jason Taverner?
(a) 500 paper dollars.
(b) 100 paper dollars.
(c) 20 gold quinques.
(d) 5 gold quinques.

11. Alys tells Jason Taverner that the bomb planted on him could be detonated by what type of signal emanating from the police station?
(a) Digital.
(b) Radio.
(c) Analog.
(d) High-frequency.

12. Felix Buckman thinks at one point that he is "like Byron, fighting for" (111) what?
(a) Equality.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Peace.
(d) Truth.

13. How old is Barney Buckman, according to Alys?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

14. Which character in the novel is fond of classical music?
(a) Felix Buckman.
(b) Jason Taverner.
(c) Alys.
(d) Heather Hart.

15. Felix Buckman says that what type of love is different from every other?
(a) The love of a pet.
(b) The love between a captor and a prisoner.
(c) The love for a child.
(d) The love of a food.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many uniformed pols take Jason Taverner into custody from Ruth Rae's place?

2. When Jason Taverner first sees Alys, he wonders about the whereabouts of which object?

3. Felix Buckman says that which official has never seen him and never will?

4. The Buckmans' home contains how many stories?

5. Ruth Rae describes death as "the great" (119) what?

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