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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does the story of Enki remind Hiro?
(a) The story of Babel
(b) His responsibilities
(c) The way he feels about Da5id
(d) His date with Y.T.

2. Who picks up Hiro in a helicopter?
(a) Y.T.
(b) Da5id
(c) Julia
(d) Major Clem

3. What is the drug of choice in the Sacrifice Zone?
(a) Snow Crash
(b) Cocaine
(c) Testosterone
(d) Heroine

4. How does Y.T. agree to split the proceeds of the intel she provides?
(a) 60/40
(b) 70/30
(c) 50/50
(d) 55/45

5. How does Hiro escape the Enforcers?
(a) Slices his own exit through the inflatable building
(b) Defeats them, one-by-one with his katana
(c) Uses Liquid Knuckles
(d) Engages them in a polite discussion about politics

6. What is Y.T.'s Mom's manager's name?
(a) Suzannah
(b) Marietta
(c) Mildred
(d) Francis

7. Who is the head of the Crips?
(a) Hiro
(b) Raven
(c) Squeaky
(d) T. Bone

8. How many quadrants are in The Black Sun?
(a) Eight
(b) Six
(c) Four
(d) Two

9. What was in the airstream that appeared over the town square?
(a) A helicopter loaded with men and submachine guns
(b) A ten-megaton hydrogen bomb
(c) Paratroopers
(d) A whirlwind

10. Who else is standing with Y.T.'s Mom's manager?
(a) The polygraph proctor
(b) The President
(c) Hiro
(d) The head of state

11. What did the woman with the shaved head do on the raft?
(a) Administered care to others there
(b) Tried to warn the president his life was in danger
(c) Gave blood till her veins didn't work
(d) Attempted to discover the antidote

12. Who does Juanita want Hiro to meet?
(a) Lagos
(b) Snow Crash
(c) L. Bob Rife
(d) Da5id

13. To what does Y.T. compare the Snow Crash?
(a) A plague
(b) A cult
(c) A steroid
(d) A computer virus

14. When she arrives, where does she deliver the briefcase?
(a) The main office
(b) The chapel
(c) The common area
(d) The graveyard

15. Why didn't Hiro get infected?
(a) He wasn't looking directly into the bitmap.
(b) He didn't touch Da5id.
(c) He is immune.
(d) He wore a mask.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the package Y.T. picks up destined for?

2. What quadrant do Hiro and Da5id go to check out?

3. What vehicle does Y.T. take?

4. What is the En?

5. Who does Y.T. need to meet?

(see the answer keys)

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