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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how much does the Kid weigh?
(a) 50 stone.
(b) 50 kilograms.
(c) 100 pounds.
(d) 50 pounds.

2. What case number is assigned to the protagonist?
(a) 72-118.
(b) BR-549.
(c) TK-421.
(d) 50-830.

3. What was the name of the protagonist’s older brother?
(a) Joshua.
(b) Caleb.
(c) Elijah.
(d) Aaron.

4. In what year is the protagonist admitted to Stella Maris?
(a) 2020.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1972.

5. Which of the following authors does the protagonist note having read?
(a) Spinoza.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) Locke.
(d) Hume.

6. How many times prior to the novel had the protagonist been at Stella Maris?
(a) Once.
(b) Twice.
(c) Four times.
(d) Thrice.

7. In which city does the interlocutor teach?
(a) Madison.
(b) Green Bay.
(c) Eau Claire.
(d) Stevens Point.

8. In what year was the protagonist born?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1953.

9. As what was the research facility where the protagonist’s parents met known?
(a) Portrero.
(b) Dogpatch.
(c) Dolores.
(d) Nob Hill.

10. How old is the protagonist upon admission to Stella Maris?
(a) 35.
(b) 25.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

11. Which of the following thinkers does the protagonist cite in discussing music?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Schopenhauer.
(c) Kant.
(d) Hegel.

12. With which of the following mathematics projects is the protagonist concerned?
(a) Langlands.
(b) Hoccleves.
(c) Gowers.
(d) De Wordes.

13. What does the protagonist note was the average age of the Manhattan Project scientists?
(a) 26.
(b) 30.
(c) 38.
(d) 34.

14. To which of the following tests had the protagonist been subjected?
(a) Raven’s.
(b) Crow’s.
(c) Grackle’s.
(d) Blackbird’s.

15. To which of the following does the novel compare Oppenheimer?
(a) Newton.
(b) Curie.
(c) Bohr.
(d) Dirac.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what kind of athlete does the protagonist compare the Kid?

2. Which of the following admits the protagonist to Stella Maris?

3. How many bathtubs is Los Alamos reported to have?

4. In what state is Stella Maris?

5. Of what religion is the interlocutor’s spouse?

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