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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is there no advantage in choosing one distribution center over another?
(a) All have the same inventory.
(b) There is only one center per city.
(c) It is not allowed.
(d) All have the same prices.

2. What does Julian assume occurred for the change in Boston to have happened?
(a) War.
(b) Nuclear holocaust.
(c) Worker revolution.
(d) Change in president.

3. Why is Julian surprised when the waiter is so pleasant?
(a) They are rude to him.
(b) In 1887, it is a menial job.
(c) Because he is so busy.
(d) They came in so late and he was about to get off work.

4. How long does the narrator sleep?
(a) 120 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) 113 years.
(d) 25 years.

5. According to Dr. Leete, what do large conglomerations do?
(a) Treat workers fairly.
(b) Fix prices and destroy competition.
(c) Create an unequal pay system.
(d) Effectively manage supply and demand.

6. How is Julian feeling after a walk through the city?
(a) In a state of dispair.
(b) Tired.
(c) Refreshed.
(d) Still confused.

7. Where does Edith Leete invite Julian for diner?
(a) Her home.
(b) The Elephant.
(c) The Great Hall.
(d) The Concord.

8. What is the function of clerks at the distribution center?
(a) Convince buyers to select their products.
(b) There are no clerks.
(c) Sell goods.
(d) Process orders.

9. How many grades per work group exist?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

10. What are an individual's possessions limited to in 2000?
(a) Inheritances.
(b) His annual credit.
(c) His aquired wealth.
(d) His ability to work and earn.

11. How many distribution centers does each ward have?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

12. What does the narrator say the wealthy suffer from?
(a) Greed.
(b) Hallucinations.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Drunkenness.

13. What do the wealthy in this society fear?
(a) Being robbed.
(b) Losing their position in society.
(c) Having to work.
(d) The poor.

14. What is the date when the narrator wakes up?
(a) June, 1887.
(b) September, 2000.
(c) June, 2000.
(d) September, 1887.

15. What is the narrator's name?
(a) John East.
(b) Dr. Leete.
(c) Julian West.
(d) Mr. Barton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Julian say labor strikes were successful in his time?

2. Who is the narrator engaged to in 1887?

3. Where does the warehouse ship goods to?

4. How old is the narrator?

5. How are citizens paid in Boston 2000?

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