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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How old is Todd in the present of the novel?
(a) 37.
(b) 47.
(c) 57.
(d) 67.

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

5. Where did Evie dive with her father?
(a) Card Sound.
(b) Barnes Sound.
(c) Biscayne Bay.
(d) Florida Bay.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the novel gloss the term “kaveu”?

2. What is Rafi’s father’s name?

3. What game does Rafi play with his grandfather?

4. With which chess strategy does Rafi display facility?

5. For mispronouncing which word is Rafi mocked in high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ina tell Hariti the story of Ta’aroa?

2. What domains are ascribed to the deity Tane in the novel?

3. What does Evie answer when asked about her life philosophy?

4. From what do the phosphate deposits on Makatea derive?

5. Why is the title “President of French Polynesia” a lie in the novel?

6. What motivates Rafi’s father’s insistence on his reading?

7. Why does Ina pray in Tahitian?

8. In applying for high school admission, what does Rafi note is his favorite place in the world?

9. Why is Evie asked about continental drift in her admissions appeal?

10. Why does the young Evie fear nitrogen intoxication?

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