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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 format does Gaspery find the source of a quotation from Olive’s novel?
(a) Paperback.
(b) Manuscript.
(c) Hardback.
(d) Typescript.

2. What is the name of Gaspery’s dog?
(a) Huan.
(b) Odie.
(c) Nighteyes.
(d) Buck.

3. From what does Mirella die?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) COVID-19.
(c) Automobile accident.
(d) Suicide.

4. With which of the following does Chapter 5 of "Anomaly" begin?
(a) “We were married within a year.”
(b) “Your sister probably got me out just in time.”
(c) “Later that month, I found the violin.”
(d) “The farm was owned and run by an older couple.”

5. With which of the following does Chapter 3 of "Mirella and Vincent / file corruption" begin?
(a) “Follow the evidence.”
(b) “Gaspery returned to the moment he’d left.”
(c) “But what makes a world real?”
(d) “Gaspery stepped out of a New York City men’s room.”

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following does Chapter 10 of "Anomaly" begin?

2. How many children does Mirella have?

3. With which of the following does Chapter 5 of "Remittance / 1918, 1990, 2008" begin?

4. In which of the following cities does Olive note having stopped on her book tour?

5. With which of the following does Chapter 4 of "Remittance / 1918, 1990, 2008" begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Gaspery realize offenders against the Time Institute are lost in time?

2. Why does Gaspery note that the people in New York City are comfortable touching each other when he encounters Vincent there?

3. What reason for the popularity of postapocalyptic literature does Olive arrive at?

4. What clues does Olive have that Gaspery’s magazine assignment is a cover?

5. What examples of waking up in a new world does Olive rehearse as she returns to the moon from Earth?

6. For what reason does Gaspery note some regret at preserving Olive’s life?

7. What reason is given for the exhaustion of meeting via hologram?

8. What objections to forest sounds does Gaspery note?

9. For what reasons does Olive regret having abandoned her suitcase for her return trip to the moon?

10. What prompts Gaspery to undergo facial reconstruction?

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