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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the nets that are stretched across Flying S Ranch for?
(a) Protection against avalanche boulders.
(b) Protection against flash hail storms.
(c) Catching sulfur bullet shells on their way back down to earth.
(d) Climbing playground for kids.

2. Where does India gets its name?
(a) From the Nile River.
(b) From the Euphrates River
(c) From the Indus River.
(d) From the Tigris River

3. What is the the giant conical mound made of that Saskia sees when she and the other guests arrive at an industrial park just past the Johnson Space Center?
(a) Sand.
(b) Magnesium.
(c) Granite.
(d) Sulfur.

4. Who is Adele?
(a) Saskia's daughter.
(b) Willem's wife.
(c) Rufus' daughter.
(d) Saskia's best friend.

5. What is the name of the first Chinese fighting group that Laks encounters?
(a) The Bonking Heads.
(b) Zed Leppelins.
(c) Iron Tigers.
(d) Northern Cranes.

6. What happens to Adele?
(a) She becomes a college professor.
(b) She marries Alastair.
(c) She is killed by Snout.
(d) She moves to England.

7. What gets in the way as Saskia's plane is landing and causes the plane to crash?
(a) Wild cows.
(b) Wild dogs.
(c) Wild pigs.
(d) Wild horses.

8. Where does Alastair live?
(a) Paris.
(b) The Hague.
(c) London.
(d) Singapore.

9. Where is Ilham from?
(a) Tibet.
(b) Myanmar.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) Western China.

10. What does Michiel say is Venice's main climate related problem?
(a) Drought.
(b) Sea level rise.
(c) Forest fire.
(d) Hurricanes.

11. According to the book, to which empire did Albania's two islands belong?
(a) The Danish Empire.
(b) The Venetian Empire.
(c) The British Empire.
(d) The Dutch Empire.

12. What is the official color of the Dutch?
(a) Gold.
(b) Orange.
(c) Blue.
(d) Purple.

13. What does the Maeslantkering do?
(a) It is the committee that oversees Dutch royalty protocol.
(b) Monitors the Dutch stock market.
(c) Protects the Netherlands from being flooded by the North Sea.
(d) Provides the Netherlands with solar energy.

14. Who is actually operating the ZGL website?
(a) The Venetians.
(b) T.R.
(c) The Chinese.
(d) Rufus.

15. Who does T.R. hire that comes and lives out where Rufus lives?
(a) Thordis and Carmelita.
(b) Ellie and Trang.
(c) Helgi and Paula.
(d) Einar and Maria.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Saskia's husband die?

2. The Dutch security service notifies Willem that someone of interest is leaving the Netherlands on the Andromeda, while Willem is watching the closing of the Maeslantkering. Who is that someone of interest?

3. What is the nickname of Laks' fighting crew?

4. What is T.R. fictitious last name that he uses on billboards and television commercials?

5. At Ranjit's suggestion, Where does Laks decide he wants to go?

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