Playground: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Richard Powers
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Playground: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who coaches the chess club at the high school Rafi and Todd attend?
(a) Deacon Miller.
(b) Father Reeves.
(c) Bishop Cook.
(d) Monsignor Jones.

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

5. What bird do Ina and Hariti find dead on the beach?
(a) Kestrel.
(b) Penguin.
(c) Albatross.
(d) Seagull.

6. In what creature does Bart specialize?
(a) Cuttlefish.
(b) Octopodes.
(c) Snails.
(d) Slugs.

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

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

9. How does the novel gloss the term “gati”?
(a) Sept.
(b) Tribe.
(c) Clan.
(d) Family.

10. How many solar panels does Makatea boast?
(a) 400.
(b) 100.
(c) 200.
(d) 300.

11. With which of the following does the novel begin?
(a) “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
(b) “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.”
(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.”

12. On which of the following were phosphates earliest found?
(a) Nauru.
(b) Tahiti.
(c) Makatea.
(d) Banaba.

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

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

15. What high school had Todd’s mother attended?
(a) New Doer.
(b) Old Trier.
(c) New Trier.
(d) Old Doer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the novel gloss “latency”?

2. To which of the following does Rafi compare chess?

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

4. Who is Makatea’s technologist?

5. In what year does Evie begin college?

(see the answer keys)

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