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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 is the Gouffre Martel?
(a) The most formidable cavern hospital on Terra.
(b) The desert home of the Presteign.
(c) An asylum for the criminally insane.
(d) The ancestral home of Foyle.

2. What are the names of the three girls who appear before Foyle in Chapter 2?
(a) Joan, Moria, and Polly.
(b) Judy, Martha, and Penelope.
(c) Janet, Mary, and Paula.
(d) Jo, Madge, and Petunia.

3. What is the name of the medieval ruin to which Foyle and Jiz jaunt?
(a) Sam's folly.
(b) Presteign's folly.
(c) Fisher's folly.
(d) Steward's folly.

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

5. What offer does Dagenham make Foyle in return for information on the Nomad?
(a) Ten percent of the Nomad's bullion.
(b) Reinstatement to his old job.
(c) Personal land and property on Mars.
(d) Fifty percent of the Nomad's bullion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Gully's cell located in Gouffre Martel?

2. How long did Foyle live on board the wrecked Nomad?

3. What does Foyle tell Jiz to do with the Weekender as he searches the Nomad?

4. What is the name of the time period when the story takes place?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Gouffre Martel prison.

2. What is significant about Moira in Foyle's early days among the Scientific People, and what does she tell him are his responsibilities?

3. Why does Y'ang-Yeovil want custody of Foyle after Foyle's attempt to destroy the Vorga?

4. What keeps Foyle from divulging information about the whereabouts of the Nomad when he is questioned at the Nightmare Theater?

5. Describe the steps Foyle takes in activating the Nomad's engines.

6. What motivates Foyle to save himself at the close of Chapter 1?

7. What happens to Foyle when he gets emotional or angry, and what does Jiz tell him to do about it?

8. What is so significant about Jaunte's first jaunte?

9. Describe Robin Wednesbury and her job, as introduced in Chapter 3.

10. Describe Foyle and Jiz's escape from the prison.

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