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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. In which state does the protagonist have paternal relatives?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Vermont.

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

3. Which of the following logicians does the protagonist hold as a hero?
(a) Babbage.
(b) Shannon.
(c) Boole.
(d) De Morgan.

4. Which friend of the protagonist’s brother helped the protagonist forge a birth certificate?
(a) Luke Shelton.
(b) Matthew Stedding.
(c) John Sheddan.
(d) Mark Shadow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following astronomers does the protagonist report admiring?

2. Which of the following thinkers does the protagonist cite in discussing music?

3. With which of the following does II begin?

4. What procedure does the protagonist note had been performed on Rosemary Kennedy?

5. What eye condition does the protagonist report having had?

Short Essay Questions

1. What attitude does the protagonist report her father had toward the use of atomic weapons in World War II?

2. How does the protagonist know that her fellow inpatients know she does not belong among them?

3. How does the protagonist note arriving at the Kid’s height?

4. Why does the protagonist report not investing her inheritance?

5. Why does the interlocutor remark that it is an oddity to claim Oppenheimer was stupid?

6. Why does the protagonist note having reacted badly to her childhood ophthalmologist?

7. What opinion of Oppenheimer does the protagonist ascribe to her father?

8. What compelled the protagonist’s family to move to Wartburg?

9. Why had the protagonist hoped to get into the Coletta facility?

10. What agreement is implied to exist between the protagonist and interlocutor as the main text of the novel begins?

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