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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marcus try to do to get help?
(a) Stand on a bench and yell.
(b) Flag down a cop car or ambulance.
(c) Call on his cell phone.
(d) Nothing; it is impossible to do anything.

2. Why does Marcus tell Benson he should call the police?
(a) If Benson cannot handle his job.
(b) Because Benson thinks a kid is planning to bring a gun to school.
(c) Because Benson is being harrassed.
(d) If Benson has evidence of a crime.

3. What do the papers say that Marcus is given to sign?
(a) That he was questioned and held voluntarily.
(b) That he was held involuntarily.
(c) That he admits to being in a terrorist cell.
(d) That he was detained because of suspicious activity.

4. What does Marcus tell his parents when he gets home?
(a) They were quarantined in Oakland.
(b) They were quarantined in San Rafael.
(c) They were taken to a safe space and held until the government determined it was safe.
(d) They were kidnapped by terrorists.

5. What does Vanessa suggest?
(a) They contact the newspapers.
(b) They call a lawyer.
(c) They remain silent.
(d) They find out the names of their interrogators.

6. What does Marcus see on his street in the middle of the night?
(a) An Army tank.
(b) A van with paraphernalia.
(c) A black limo.
(d) An ambulance.

7. Why does Marcus decide to set up a web of trust?
(a) To keep his vulnerable friends safe.
(b) To ferret out government agents.
(c) To handle the spies.
(d) To keep his blog functioning.

8. What do Jolu and Marcus do at Jolu's house that night?
(a) Create a screen.
(b) Rewrite the indiecode for Pigspleen.
(c) Create a runner to take snoops away from the real names.
(d) Rewrite the xbox format.

9. What is W1n5t0n?
(a) The passcode to the school's computer system.
(b) The passcode to Marcus' car alarm system.
(c) Marcus' alias.
(d) The serial number of Marcus' phone.

10. Why is Marcus angry with his father?
(a) His father takes up for the cops.
(b) His father asks Marcus if their is something Marcus has not told them.
(c) His father dismisses the situation as nothing.
(d) He is not angry with his father.

11. Where is Marcus having a party?
(a) Sutro Baths.
(b) His house.
(c) Van's hosue.
(d) The Golden Gate Park.

12. How does Marcus anger the cops?
(a) He says something nasty about the chief of police.
(b) He asks to go to the bathroom and tries to run.
(c) He makes a remark about tax dollars.
(d) He refuses to unlock his cell phone.

13. Of what does Vanessa accuse Marcus?
(a) Being crazy to fight the government.
(b) Inattention to his friends lately.
(c) Forgetting about Darryl.
(d) Being abrasive lately.

14. How can Marcus overwrite the codes on people's cards/
(a) He cannot.
(b) Using arphid cloners.
(c) Using a special scrambler.
(d) Using xbox.

15. Why does Marcus' father say the city's situation may get better?
(a) Because they are dropping two of the tracking systems.
(b) Because they are adding a universal tracking system that all must use.
(c) Because the city manager has been fired.
(d) Because the DHS has requested a 300 percent budget raise.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marcus contact Darryl?

2. About what does Marcus' father apologize to Marcus?

3. What has happened to Darryl?

4. What does Marcus' mother ask of the cops?

5. How does Marcus' father feel about the budget raise for the DHS?

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