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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far does Rick's mother say Atlas Brookings is from Rick's house?
(a) Two day's drive.
(b) A plane ride.
(c) A day's drive.
(d) A week's drive.

2. What does Chrissie ask Helen if she regrets in Part IV?
(a) Not having Rick lifted.
(b) Not moving to the city.
(c) Not cooking more.
(d) Not getting a better job.

3. What does Josie say when Klara suggests playing the bubble game with her?
(a) She says Klara can not play because she is not smart enough.
(b) She says there is no way it would work.
(c) She says she would like to try to play with Klara.
(d) She says she can not play with Klara because it will hurt Chrissie's feelings.

4. Why is Paul worried about Josie while they are all sitting at dinner?
(a) She is crying.
(b) She is very quiet.
(c) She keeps looking nervously outside.
(d) She is slumped over the table.

5. Who delivers Josie's present to Rick in Part III?
(a) Chrissie.
(b) Paul.
(c) Klara.
(d) Melania.

6. Where is Rick's mother originally from?
(a) Germany.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) England.

7. What does Klara think of Rick's house?
(a) It is not as high-rank as Josie's.
(b) She has no opinion of Rick's house.
(c) It is very luxurious.
(d) It looks like an apartment.

8. What does Rick's mother suggest she might treat Klara as, instead of as a guest?
(a) A dog.
(b) A shoe.
(c) A vacuum cleaner.
(d) A fish.

9. What is Klara keeping an eye out for in the city?
(a) Paul.
(b) Rosa.
(c) Rex AF.
(d) The Cootings Machine.

10. What is Klara surprised to see in the barn the first time she enters it?
(a) Animals.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Red shelving with ceramic coffee cups, like she saw in her store.
(d) Lots of people.

11. Why does Paul tell Klara he hates Mr. Capaldi?
(a) Mr. Capaldi is having an affair with his ex-wife.
(b) He fears Mr. Capaldi may be right, and that there is nothing intrinsic in humans that machines can not convincingly imitate.
(c) Mr. Capaldi makes more money than he does.
(d) Mr. Capaldi stole some of Paul's own ideas for machines.

12. What does Klara do without asking at Mr. Capaldi's office?
(a) Take a nap.
(b) Answer the phone.
(c) Work on a painting.
(d) Look at Josie's portrait in progress.

13. Why does Klara go with Rick and Helen to meet Vance?
(a) Chrissie wants to spend some time alone with Josie.
(b) Josie does not want Klara to be around her.
(c) Josie wants to spend some time alone with Rick.
(d) Paul has gotten sick and Chrissie is helping him.

14. What is one thing Josie says regarding Rick's family that makes him very angry?
(a) She tells him his brother is not smart.
(b) She criticizes his mother.
(c) She tells him he is much smarter than his family members.
(d) She makes fun of him for not having a father in the house.

15. What does Klara discover about her old store in the city in Part IV?
(a) It is now a lawyer's office.
(b) It has had a bad fire.
(c) It is now a bakery.
(d) It is no longer in the same location.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Paul live in Part IV?

2. What does Mr. Capaldi tell Chrissie about his replica Josie?

3. Why does Chrissie tell Klara she decided to have Josie lifted?

4. Why is Chrissie angry with Paul at the friend's house, where everyone meets in Part IV?

5. What does Klara ask Rick for help with?

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