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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The virus in the computers is described as "Worse even than the stuff ____ was brewing up in the Gulf War."
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Somalia.
(d) Kuwait.

2. Alex tells Sayle that his father worked on an art gallery where in Chapter 9, "Night Visitors"?
(a) Rome.
(b) Aberdeen.
(c) Paris.
(d) Sydney.

3. What does Alex see "perched like a fabulous silver coin, balancing effortlessly on its rim" in Chapter 16, "Twelve O'Clock"?
(a) The Millenium Wheel.
(b) The Token of Eternity.
(c) The Disc of Time.
(d) The Token of the Universe.

4. The Natural History Museum is located on what street in London?
(a) Cromwell Road.
(b) Marylebone Road.
(c) Mortimer Street.
(d) Stamford Street.

5. What does Alex initially attempt to break the aquarium glass with in Chapter 14, "Deep Water"?
(a) A scuba tank.
(b) A rock.
(c) A diamond ring.
(d) A hammer.

6. What is the man in the thickly knitted jersey reading when Alex enters the library in Chapter 11, "Dozmary Mine"?
(a) A contract.
(b) Fisherman's Week.
(c) National Geographic.
(d) A bible.

7. Who is driving the taxi that Alex hails at the end of the novel?
(a) Herod Sayle.
(b) Jack Starbright.
(c) Mr. Blunt.
(d) Yassen Gregorovich.

8. What is an infectious disease unique to humans, caused by either of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor?
(a) Gout.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Swine flu.
(d) Anthrax.

9. Alex estimates his walk to Port Tallon to be how far from Sayle Enterprises in Chapter 10, "Death in the Long Grass"?
(a) 9 miles.
(b) 6.2 miles.
(c) 3.8 miles.
(d) 2 miles.

10. According to the book Alex reads in the library in Chapter 11, "Dozmary Mine," in the nineteenth century there had been how many mines in Cornwall?
(a) 275.
(b) 104.
(c) 27.
(d) 400.

11. Alex watches as two guards are sprayed with white steam and wonders if they are being what in Chapter 12, "Behind the Door"?
(a) Immunized.
(b) Scalded.
(c) Poisoned.
(d) Decontaminated.

12. What device does Alex use to attach himself to the plane in Chapter 15, "Eleven O'Clock"?
(a) A yo-yo.
(b) A bottle of zit cream.
(c) A seatbelt.
(d) A Gameboy.

13. It is just before what time when the guards come in with Mr. Grin and lead Alex out of the dungeon in Chapter 13, "The School Bully"?
(a) 8:00 a.m.
(b) 5:30 a.m.
(c) 6:30 a.m.
(d) 9:00 a.m.

14. Where does Alex order the plane flown in Chapter 15, "Eleven O'Clock"?
(a) The Hospital.
(b) The Supreme Court.
(c) The Parliament Building.
(d) The Science Museum.

15. What is the title of the book Alex discovers in the library as a clue in Chapter 11, "Dozmary Mine"?
(a) Dozmary: The Oldest British Mine.
(b) Cornwall: The Land of Lost Yesterdays.
(c) Dozmary: The Story of Cornwall's Oldest Mine.
(d) Cornwall: The History of Local Mines.

Short Answer Questions

1. The boxes which are loaded in the back of the truck are about the size of what in Alex's estimation in Chapter 9, "Night Visitors"?

2. What kind of stew does Alex have at Sayle's house in Chapter 9, "Night Visitors"?

3. What does Alex tell Sayle his father's occupation is in Chapter 9, "Night Visitors"?

4. According to the book Alex reads in the library in Chapter 11, "Dozmary Mine," by the 1990s there were how many mines in Cornwall?

5. What kind of car did Ian Rider drive?

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