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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of air does Jason Taverner breathe gratefully after exiting the police station?
(a) Acidic.
(b) Foul.
(c) Painful.
(d) Smoggy.

2. 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.

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

4. When Alys goes upstairs, Jason Taverner goes out to her quibble to retrieve what items?
(a) His vidphone.
(b) Her book of postage stamps.
(c) Her sweater.
(d) His record albums.

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

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

7. What is the first sign that the police have arrived to capture Jason from Ruth Rae's place?
(a) Sirens are heard.
(b) An explosion is heard.
(c) The doorbell rings.
(d) A police flipflap hovers overhead.

8. The title of the novel is taken from a song by what composer?
(a) Dowland.
(b) Ravel.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Brahms.

9. What kind of bomb does Alys tell Jason Taverner has been planted on his person?
(a) An H-bomb.
(b) A pipe bomb.
(c) A heat-seeking bomb.
(d) An antimatter bomb.

10. How many uniformed pols take Jason Taverner into custody from Ruth Rae's place?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

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

12. In Chapter 13, the police find Jason Taverner in what location?
(a) In the hallway outside Ruth Rae's apartment.
(b) In Ruth Rae's quibble.
(c) In Ruth Rae's apartment.
(d) On the roof of Ruth Rae's apartment building wing.

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

14. What word does Alys use when she invites Jason Taverner to the Buckmans' home?
(a) Castle.
(b) Estate.
(c) Abode.
(d) Mansion.

15. Alys agrees to remove the surveillance devices from Jason Taverner for what reason?
(a) She believes in personal freedom.
(b) She hates her brother.
(c) She hates the police state.
(d) She hates her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Felix Buckman believes that on the whole, people "mostly function in" (107) what type of fashion?

2. Felix Buckman agrees to release Jason Taverner from custody at what time of day as long as he undergoes administrative processing first?

3. What element of life does Felix Buckman declare are "goddamn important to" (111) him?

4. What kind of drug does Jason Taverner take willingly from Alys?

5. What kind of stamp does Felix Buckman offer to Alys in return for her departure from his office?

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