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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are those people killed?
(a) They had completely joined the ecosystem.
(b) They had figured out how to manufacture gems.
(c) They had figured out the Investors' stardrive.
(d) They had figured out how to remain immortal.

2. What do the people eradicate from Lindsay's memory?
(a) His ability to reverse his aging.
(b) All of these.
(c) His Shaper training.
(d) His ability to twist words.

3. Who or what do Nikolai and his friend Alex mimic?
(a) His father.
(b) A Mechanist.
(c) His mother.
(d) Another Shaper.

4. For whom is Lindsay waiting?
(a) Alexandrina.
(b) His clone of Nora.
(c) Wellspring.
(d) Kitsune.

5. What is the name of the Investor pet?
(a) It is untranslatable.
(b) Puff.
(c) "Little Nose for Profits."
(d) "Profits."

6. Who is the Regal Adviser?
(a) Arkaydia.
(b) Arkadya.
(c) Arkaydea.
(d) Arcadia.

7. How many eyes does Rose have?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

8. How many hours does Spider Rose spend examining their wares?
(a) Seven hours.
(b) Twenty-four hours.
(c) Eight hours.
(d) Sixteen hours.

9. What won't come to Lindsay?
(a) Coherency.
(b) Thoughts.
(c) None of these.
(d) Words.

10. What would this creature have missed if it would have had to absorb Dr. Afriel?
(a) His conversation.
(b) All of these.
(c) His vigor.
(d) His youth.

11. To whom is T-K crucial?
(a) Bankers.
(b) Financiers.
(c) Both of these.
(d) Neither of these.

12. What does Afriel wish to convey to the symbiote?
(a) The humility under which he wishes to study the Swarm.
(b) His best personal wishes.
(c) All of these.
(d) The harmlessness of his endeavor.

13. What is it thought that Wellspring engineered?
(a) The death of the Comptroller.
(b) The disappearance of Abelard Lindsay.
(c) All of these.
(d) The crash of '41.

14. What does the pet become?
(a) A child.
(b) An ape.
(c) A demon.
(d) A baby.

15. What does Nikolai begin to resent?
(a) His wife.
(b) None of these.
(c) His age.
(d) His children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does she have that the Investors want?

2. Whose voice does Dr. Afriel hear?

3. Who does Nikolai love as a child?

4. What is inside the synthetic gem?

5. How many of Jade Prime has Spider Rose killed previously?

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