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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?
(a) JayJay.
(b) BobBob.
(c) RoyRoy.
(d) RayRay.

2. Which of the following does Todd call his favorite language?
(a) Pascal.
(b) FORTRAN.
(c) COBOL.
(d) C++.

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

4. To which of the following does Evie go on her first postgraduate research expedition?
(a) Papua New Guinea.
(b) East Timor.
(c) Makatea.
(d) Brunei.

5. In what field does Rafi hold his highest degree?
(a) Educational psychology.
(b) American literature.
(c) Theology.
(d) Mechanical engineering.

6. What is Rafi’s father’s name?
(a) Joseph.
(b) George.
(c) Donald.
(d) Barack.

7. Who was Rafi’s first-grade teacher?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Ebberson.
(c) Patterson.
(d) Davidson.

8. What Sousa march was written the year phosphates were discovered on Makatea?
(a) “The Stars and Stripes Forever.”
(b) “The Liberty Bell.”
(c) “The Thunderer.”
(d) “Semper Fidelis.”

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

10. Which of the following appellations is assigned to Rafi by his classmates?
(a) Itch.
(b) Preach.
(c) Snitch.
(d) Teach.

11. Who was Didier’s predecessor in office?
(a) Jules Amaru.
(b) Arthur Watanabe.
(c) Verne Beauregard.
(d) Clark Poeti.

12. Which of the following does Tailliez show Diolé?
(a) Baudelaire.
(b) Mallarmé.
(c) Rimbaud.
(d) Verlaine.

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

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

15. How does the novel gloss the term “l’Oublié”?
(a) The Forgotten.
(b) The Remembered.
(c) The Unknown.
(d) The Rounded.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what hospital does Rafi’s sister die?

2. Which of the following identified phosphates?

3. What high school had Todd’s mother attended?

4. What call number does Todd read through in his hometown library?

5. With which of the following does the novel begin?

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