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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) Priscilla Powers Peterson.
(b) Petunia Powers Percival.
(c) Patty Powers Parson.
(d) Peggy Powers Petermann.

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

3. How does the novel gloss the term “fenua”?
(a) People.
(b) Water.
(c) Sky.
(d) Land.

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

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

6. About which of the following is Evie quizzed in her admissions appeal?
(a) Edwin Muir.
(b) Marangoni stress.
(c) Thermohaline circulation.
(d) Langmuir circulation.

7. With which of the following does the novel begin?
(a) “Before the Earth, / before the moon, / before the stars, / before the sun, / before the sky, / even before the sea, / there was only time and Ta’aroa.”
(b) “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
(c) “Indeed, we have heard how, in days of yore, / the heroes of Spear-Danes did valorous deeds, / and of the majesty of their monarchs!”
(d) “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”

8. From which of the following does Rafi steal?
(a) Joey Blackman.
(b) Chuck Strongman.
(c) Bobby Armstrong.
(d) Hank McCoy.

9. What fire engine does Rafi’s father work on?
(a) 44.
(b) 22.
(c) 33.
(d) 55.

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

11. 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.”

12. How does the novel gloss the term “mana”?
(a) Circuses.
(b) Magic.
(c) Bread.
(d) Respect.

13. With which chess strategy does Rafi display facility?
(a) Nimzo-Indian.
(b) Queen’s Gambit.
(c) Nimzo-Larsen.
(d) Bogo-Indian.

14. What bus route does Rafi’s mother drive?
(a) Sheridan.
(b) Racine.
(c) LaSalle.
(d) Harrison.

15. What is the first game Todd remembers winning against his father?
(a) Chess.
(b) Backgammon.
(c) Parcheesi.
(d) Mancala.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of plane did Todd’s father own?

2. Which of the following islands does Evie favor?

3. What is the name of Rafi’s mother?

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

5. Along what road does Rafi commute to his magnet school?

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