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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gully Foyle's occupation?
(a) He is a miner.
(b) He is a pilot.
(c) He is a merchant marine.
(d) He is a soldier.

2. Why is Jisbella McQueen imprisoned?
(a) For murder.
(b) For speaking out against the state.
(c) For larceny.
(d) For kidnapping.

3. In Chapter 2, what is attributed to the doctrine of Holy Darwin?
(a) Arrival of the fittest.
(b) Discovery of the fittest.
(c) Survival of the fittest.
(d) Procreation of the fittest.

4. What does Foyle look like when he looks at himself in the mirror in Chapter 2?
(a) A clown mask.
(b) A tiki mask.
(c) A Maori mask.
(d) A chimpanzee mask.

5. Who is Geoffrey Fourmyle?
(a) A doctor at the Combined Terran University Hospital.
(b) Head of the Inner Planet consortium.
(c) The assistant to Presteign.
(d) Another name for Gully Foyle.

6. What is Dagenham Couriers, Inc.?
(a) A hundred-million credit organization of bonded jaunters.
(b) An interplanetary shipping company.
(c) A terran trucking company.
(d) A government distribution company

7. What does Gully do to Jiz at the end of Chapter Seven?
(a) He abandons her.
(b) He proposes to her.
(c) He murders her.
(d) He knocks her unconscious.

8. How do Jiz and Foyle escape the ice cavern in the Gouffre Martel?
(a) By jaunting outside the caverns.
(b) By jumping into an underground river.
(c) By using plastic explosives.
(d) By using a sledge hammer to chip through ice.

9. Who is the publicity representative of the Jaunte Schools?
(a) Julian Thompson.
(b) Spencer Thompson.
(c) Hunter S. Thompson.
(d) Oscar Thompson.

10. What old organization took over the job of testing and classifying jaunte applicants?
(a) The Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
(b) The American Automobile Association.
(c) The Federal Aviation Administrtion.
(d) The Bureau of Motor Skills.

11. Where is the location of the Presteign shipyards?
(a) Vancouver.
(b) Quebec.
(c) Windsor.
(d) Toronto.

12. What sort of craft does Foyle use to leave the Sargasso Asteroid?
(a) A garbage scow.
(b) A research vessel.
(c) A private yatch.
(d) A battle cruiser.

13. What is a Blue Jaunte?
(a) A nickname for the first jaunte a person attempts.
(b) A measurement which identifies the distance a person jaunts.
(c) A jaunte into the dark which kills the jaunter.
(d) A person with extraordinary jaunting ability.

14. Who is Robin Wednesbury?
(a) An artist.
(b) The teacher of the re-education class on jaunting.
(c) A pilot.
(d) A musician.

15. How old is Gully Foyle?
(a) About 35 years old.
(b) About 30 years old.
(c) Foyle's age is not revealed.
(d) About 25 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What procedure does Baker use on Foyle after Jiz hands Foyle over to Baker?

2. What are the names of the three girls who appear before Foyle in Chapter 2?

3. What critical bit of information does Foyle withhold from Jiz while they were still at Gouffre Martel?

4. What does Presteign rename the Presteign Princess upon christening?

5. Who attempts to capture Jiz at the end of Chapter Seven?

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