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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hiro get his hands on the tablet?
(a) He finds it attached to a chain under the Raft.
(b) Y.T. pushes it out of the helicopter.
(c) He finds it hidden in a filing cabinet.
(d) He finds it in L. Bob Rife's personal quarters.

2. Why does Uncle Enzo take a straight razor to his pant legs?
(a) So they don't make noise against his leg hair.
(b) So he can impress the ladies.
(c) So he is in fashion.
(d) To stop them from getting wet.

3. How does Fisheye get the Pirates to listen to him?
(a) He uses "reason."
(b) He calmly asks their permission to commandeer their boat.
(c) He is polite and friendly.
(d) He threatens their genitals.

4. Who is seated in the one-man kayak?
(a) Juanita
(b) Raven
(c) Y.T.
(d) Lagos

5. What program does Hiro find particularity useful?
(a) The YOU ARE HERE program
(b) The Snow Crash
(c) The HERE program
(d) The Reason program

6. What happens to Raven after he sleeps with Y.T?
(a) He passes out from her Dentata.
(b) He thanks her and goes to sleep.
(c) He kisses her deeply.
(d) He tells her he loves her.

7. Where does Y.T. see Raven?
(a) Sitting beside her
(b) Wandering around aimlessly on deck
(c) Flying in the helicopter next to her
(d) In the Metaverse

8. There are two people, groups of people, or things that show great loyalty. What are they?
(a) Fido and the Kouriers
(b) Hiro and Enki
(c) Juanita and Y.T.
(d) L. Bob Rife and Raven

9. With whom is the person in the one-man kayak allied?
(a) Inanna
(b) L Bob Rife
(c) The Orthos
(d) The Mafia

10. Why don't the other hackers help Hiro?
(a) They don't care.
(b) They are too busy with the benefit for Da5id.
(c) They believe the duel between Hiro and Raven is a part of the show.
(d) They are all looking at the nude women.

11. What does Hiro want of the librarian?
(a) Blueprints of the aircraft carrier
(b) A guide to assaulting a ship at sea
(c) A guide to creating weaponry from bits of garbage
(d) The ancient texts referring to the Nam-Shub of Enki

12. What really seems to disturb Hiro?
(a) The wireheads
(b) Y.T.'s encounter with Raven
(c) L. Bob Rife
(d) Hunger in Africa

13. What does Hiro do with Reason?
(a) Puts it back in its case
(b) Throws it overboard
(c) Recharges it
(d) Displaces it

14. Who ends up sacrificing themselves for Y.T.?
(a) Hiro
(b) Fido
(c) Raven
(d) Da5id

15. What does Hiro find out about the wireheads?
(a) They can dream.
(b) They are ruthless and unforgiving.
(c) They are annoying.
(d) They still talk even though they are dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is considered high luxury for the Raft?

2. Who picks Y.T. up from the airport?

3. What was Raven's long term plan?

4. What does Fisheye want to do for Uncle Enzo?

5. What sinks the Kowloon?

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