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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. What operating system does Gaspery use?
(a) Notus.
(b) Zephyr.
(c) Eurus.
(d) Boreas.

2. What is the name of Olive’s daughter?
(a) Althea.
(b) Izzy.
(c) Sylvie.
(d) Tavvy.

3. With which of the following does Chapter 1 of "Bad Chickens / 2401" begin?
(a) “Never to the Night City.”
(b) “The first moon colony was built on the silent flatlands of the Sea of Tranquility.”
(c) “No star burns forever.”
(d) “If we were living in a simulation, how would we know it was a simulation?”

4. With which of the following does Chapter 7 of "Remittance / 1912" begin?
(a) “When he returns to his senses he’s on the beach.”
(b) “When Edwin reaches the church, the door is ajar.”
(c) “The gates of the forest.”
(d) “—into a flash of darkness.”

5. What is the name of Mirella’s girlfriend?
(a) Amanda.
(b) Louisa.
(c) Selena.
(d) Amber.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following titles is Edwin’s father expected to succeed?

2. Which of the following does Mirella claim to have done when her lover asks her what she had been doing that day?

3. What is the name of Gaspery’s cat?

4. For which of the following had Gaspery’s mother worked?

5. At which of the following does Edwin come to be stationed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What secret does the fortune teller confide in Mirella?

2. In the novel, what is the simulation hypothesis?

3. What specific grief does Olive anticipate among her lecture audiences?

4. What reason does Roberts give for needing to fill in for Pike?

5. What quote from Olive’s book does she see tattooed on her readers’ arms?

6. What secret does Mirella confide in the fortune teller?

7. What does Mirella note as a “downside to having retained a few friends from her time with” her husband (59)?

8. How is Edwin’s father reported to have described his first encounter with Britain?

9. In what line of work is Mirella employed when she seeks out Vincent again?

10. How is Vincent believed to have died?

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