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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Esmeralda layered with?
(a) Sturdy canvas covers of many colors.
(b) Terraces and rice fields.
(c) Flower-covered windowsills and green rooftops.
(d) Stairs, landings, and bridges.

2. Leandra is protected by two species, both of which are:
(a) Too tiny to be seen.
(b) Similar in appearance to wolves.
(c) Winged and armed with dart guns.
(d) Extraordinarily large and strong.

3. When families in Leandra move in to new houses, who follows them?
(a) Their protectors.
(b) Servants.
(c) Silent wanderers.
(d) Ghosts.

4. Khan wonders why Polo never speaks of:
(a) Tuscan.
(b) Venice.
(c) His family.
(d) His past studies.

5. The people of Lenia awaken each day and:
(a) Wash with unopened bars of soap.
(b) Check their clocks for accuracy.
(c) Make a pilgrimage to the beach.
(d) Ready their kites for flying.

6. The form of the city of Eudoxia is preserved in a carpet. When someone who is lost stares at this carpet, what happens?
(a) The carpet reveals the exact street on which one stands.
(b) A guide appears to lead the lost sojourner home.
(c) One enters a state of deep sleep.
(d) One becomes hopelessly lost.

7. What does Leonia do on a daily basis?
(a) Calibrates its clocks.
(b) Flies kites.
(c) Reinvents itself.
(d) Sends messages in bottles.

8. What items from his travels does Polo spread at the feet of Khan in Chapter 8?
(a) A spear, a chess set, and a hat.
(b) A violin, a silk jacket, a bowl, and a feather.
(c) A helmet, a seashell, a coconut, and a fan.
(d) A wooden box, a book, and a locket.

9. The people of Baucis have:
(a) A desire to share their knowledge with their neighbors.
(b) Incomparable courage and determination.
(c) Everything they need in the clouds.
(d) Nothing left in their storage silos.

10. What does Polo describe Eusapia as?
(a) Cold.
(b) Unreliable.
(c) Carefree.
(d) Disciplined.

11. Which of the following is not true about the city of Beersheba?
(a) There are two projections of Beersheba.
(b) Its people honor everything that represents Beersheba's heavenly counterpart.
(c) The most talented architects built the underground version of Beersheba.
(d) Residents highly regard the Beersheba that exists below.

12. In Chapter 6, Polo claims that he's reached the point where, in the number of people he has known:
(a) Very few are worth remembering.
(b) His friends outnumber his enemies.
(c) The dead outnumber the living.
(d) He recalls all faces but few names.

13. Someone in Thekla will see what?
(a) A sea of signs.
(b) Very little of the city.
(c) Rows of empty flower pots.
(d) Shadows drifting overhead.

14. To make the passing from life to death less abrupt, what have the people of Eusapia done?
(a) Developed a system of surrounding the dying with laughter and merriment.
(b) Developed a way for the living to accompany the dead halfway.
(c) Built special resonating chambers where the dead can still speak to the living.
(d) Built an underground city identical to the one above ground.

15. In Trude, only the name of what changes?
(a) Its man-made mountain.
(b) Its lake.
(c) Its airport.
(d) Its hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. The more Khan listens to Polo's stories, the less certain he is that he is sitting in the garden or:

2. Polo lays assorted items at the feet of Khan and uses them for what?

3. Each person in Melania is what?

4. When a traveler arrives at Phyllis, what does he decide to do?

5. How does Polo describe Moriana?

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