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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. Where is the book set at the beginning?
(a) Sussex.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) York.

2. Who takes Enoch to the ferry?
(a) Thomas Edison.
(b) Daniel Waterhouse.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Ben Franklin.

3. What did Daniel help Wilkins do while Cambridge was closed?
(a) Bring in the crops.
(b) Write a book.
(c) Do experiments.
(d) All of these.

4. What did Daniel rarely do at college after meeting Newton?
(a) Study.
(b) Write home.
(c) Do experiments.
(d) Go to class.

5. What kind of shop did Newton have someone watching him in?
(a) Apothecary.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Herb.
(d) Book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Daniel fear the Plague so much?

2. Who was with Jack when he met Churchill?

3. Who wants to autopsy Wilkins?

4. What kind of language did Wilkins want to create?

5. What did Eliza disguise herself in when she ran away with Jack?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Daniel describe the beginning of his friendship with Newton?

2. What did Newton build on a wall in Cambridge?

3. Why does Daniel make a hole in a roof?

4. What does Boyle say after Wilkins's death that upsets Daniel?

5. What does Daniel see is his role when the Declaration for Freedom of Conscience of all Dissenters is signed?

6. What does Oldenburg tell Daniel while he is in prison?

7. Why did Daniel think he got the best education possible at Cambridge?

8. What frightens Jack in Backboden?

9. Why does Daniel leave his family and go to London?

10. What happens to Jack after his visit to Backboden?

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