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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does II end?
(a) “Then in the morning we sat in the sand and drank our tea and watched the sun come up.”
(b) “Sorry. Yes. Very close. Time’s up.”
(c) “Salvaged out of a bleak sea of the incomputable. Time’s up.”
(d) “Yes. I’m sorry.”

2. What name did the Kid believe Dirac had?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Shamela.
(c) Karen.
(d) Pamela.

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

4. How many bathtubs is Los Alamos reported to have?
(a) 5.
(b) 8000.
(c) 600.
(d) 70.

5. Which degree does the interlocutor report holding?
(a) PhD.
(b) PsyD.
(c) MD.
(d) DO.

6. How many fire extinguishers is Los Alamos reported to have?
(a) 8,000.
(b) 600.
(c) 5.
(d) 70.

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

8. To which of the following does the protagonist compare the Manhattan Project?
(a) Fire.
(b) Gales.
(c) Lightning.
(d) Ice.

9. For whom, along with Grothendieck, was the IHES established?
(a) Motchane.
(b) Oppenheimer.
(c) Dieudonné.
(d) Poincaré.

10. At what age does the protagonist change her name?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

11. Per the novel, how large a percentage of the general population is Jewish?
(a) 20.
(b) 80.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

12. How many caultrons were in use?
(a) 1215.
(b) 1512.
(c) 2511.
(d) 1152.

13. To which of the following does the protagonist compare the interlocutor?
(a) Malory.
(b) Chaucer.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Milton.

14. On what holiday was the protagonist born?
(a) Cinco de Mayo.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Canada Day.
(d) Boxing Day.

15. Which of the following philosophers does the protagonist reference in regards to her violin?
(a) Davidson.
(b) Quine.
(c) Putnam.
(d) Carnap.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the protagonist’s father living just before his death?

2. To which of the following does the interlocutor compare the Kid?

3. With which of the following works does the protagonist engage?

4. The novel explains the term “orts” as akin to which of the following?

5. How old was the protagonist when she left Los Alamos?

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