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

2. Felix Buckman believes that on the whole, people "mostly function in" (107) what type of fashion?
(a) Chaotic.
(b) Ordered.
(c) Logical.
(d) Instinctual.

3. What element of life does Felix Buckman declare are "goddamn important to" (111) him?
(a) Morality.
(b) Mystery.
(c) Logic.
(d) Rules.

4. Felix Buckman agrees to release Jason Taverner from custody at what time of day as long as he undergoes administrative processing first?
(a) In the afternoon.
(b) At dawn.
(c) In the morning.
(d) At night.

5. What kind of stamp does Felix Buckman offer to Alys in return for her departure from his office?
(a) A one-dollar purple Trans-California issue.
(b) A two-dollar red Trans-Alabama issue.
(c) A one-dollar black Trans-Mississippi issue.
(d) A one-dollar yellow Trans-Nevada issue.

Short Answer Questions

1. To Jason Taverner's surprise, Alys tells Jason Taverner that she is a what?

2. How had Felix Buckman felt about Alys when they were children?

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

4. After Jason Taverner leaves Felix Buckman's office, Buckman orders surveillance on whom?

5. What is NOT a physical attribute of male sixes, according to Felix Buckman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the phone grid within the narrative functions.

2. During Jason Taverner's first interaction with Alys, what knowledge does he lack about Alys that the reader does not lack?

3. Felix Buckman shows Jason Taverner a photograph of which of his own family members?

4. What connection does Ruth Rae make between love and grief?

5. What examples does Alys provide when she describes Felix Buckman's altruistic moments?

6. Who expresses strong disagreement with Jason Taverner's beliefs about family?

7. What thought causes Jason Taverner to accept Alys's invitation to the Buckmans' home?

8. What is Felix Buckman's belief about chaos?

9. What do Alys's clothes symbolize within the narrative?

10. Into whom does Jason run on his way out of the police station?

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