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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As what is Rafi’s stepfather employed?
(a) Furniture mover.
(b) Construction worker.
(c) Garbage collector.
(d) Bus driver.

2. In what year do phosphate operations on Makatea cease?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1956.

3. How does the novel gloss “latency”?
(a) Advancing into the past.
(b) Advancing into the future.
(c) Retreating into the future.
(d) Retreating into the past.

4. How does the novel gloss the term “Menteur”?
(a) Mental.
(b) Lame.
(c) Liar.
(d) Mentor.

5. What is Bart’s nickname?
(a) Limp-along.
(b) Limpwrist.
(c) Limpet.
(d) Lamprey.

6. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?
(a) Priscilla Powers Peterson.
(b) Petunia Powers Percival.
(c) Patty Powers Parson.
(d) Peggy Powers Petermann.

7. Which of the following identified phosphates?
(a) George Harris.
(b) Albert Ellis.
(c) Henry James.
(d) Phillip Quartermain.

8. Which of the following does Ina cultivate?
(a) Squash.
(b) Yam.
(c) Jicama.
(d) Potato.

9. What book do Bart and Evie read together?
(a) Clearly It Is Ocean.
(b) The Silent World.
(c) Moby-Dick.
(d) On the Road.

10. What call number does Todd read through in his hometown library?
(a) GC.
(b) 623.89.
(c) 551.46.
(d) VK.

11. In what year is Todd born?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1970.

12. How does the novel gloss the term “kaveu”?
(a) Coconut crabs.
(b) Coconut palms.
(c) Date crabs.
(d) Date palms.

13. How old is Todd when he gets his first computer?
(a) 13.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 11.

14. What is the name of Rafi’s mother?
(a) Sunny.
(b) Sonya.
(c) Shaundra.
(d) Sondra.

15. What ball team did Rafi play on?
(a) Abbott Afros.
(b) Downtown Destroyers.
(c) Baker St. Blitz.
(d) Chicago Cubs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first game Todd remembers winning against his father?

2. What is Rafi’s father’s name?

3. Which of the following does Rafi’s sister call him?

4. How does the novel gloss the term “gati”?

5. To which of the following does Evie go on her first postgraduate research expedition?

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