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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technology makes it possible for Rufus to be out in the hot sun?
(a) A shade drone.
(b) A portable shower.
(c) An earthsuit.
(d) A wide brimmed hat.

2. What does Fahd bin Talal offer to give to Saskia?
(a) An electric self-driving car.
(b) A jet airplane.
(c) A yacht.
(d) A personal drone capable of flying a person in it.

3. What happens to the helicopter after it lands?
(a) People rush over to it and try to get in.
(b) It is commandeered by men with guns.
(c) It is pushed off the side of the building.
(d) It takes off without anyone flying it.

4. Who lands on the hospital roof just before dawn while Willem is up there getting some air?
(a) Saskia.
(b) Drones.
(c) Rufus.
(d) Chinese soldiers.

5. What is in Laks' briefcase?
(a) A small cylinder of Cobalt-60 and an explosive charge.
(b) An electro magnetic pulse device.
(c) A laser gun.
(d) Sulfuric acid.

6. Why does Laks' flying chariot drone have to land well short of Laks' final mission point?
(a) The air is too thin for it to fly properly.
(b) It loses navigational capacity.
(c) It runs out of battery
(d) It is not fully repaired after being damaged.

7. Laks wakes up in a smaller section of a larger city after being injured at the Line of Actual Control. What is the name of the smaller section?
(a) Ladakh.
(b) Goa.
(c) Bombay.
(d) Cyberabad.

8. What is the effect on Willem after the second deepfake video?
(a) He resigns.
(b) He begins an investigation into who made the deepfake videos.
(c) He is promoted.
(d) He is named head of the center-left party.

9. Who does Willem say is very angry at T.R.?
(a) India.
(b) The Venetians.
(c) The Americans.
(d) The Netherlands.

10. Who owns the Bokesuden?
(a) The Queen of England.
(b) The Lord Mayor of London.
(c) The King of Jordan.
(d) The King of Norway.

11. What does Rufus make for the eagles?
(a) Gauntlets to fit over their talons.
(b) Jackets to protect their wings.
(c) Perches on which they could sleep.
(d) Hoods that would keep them warm at high altitude.

12. How is Laks' flying chariot drone injured?
(a) A spent sulfur bullet shell crashes into it.
(b) It slides into boulders during a rockslide.
(c) One of the giant net-poles falls the wrong way and lands on it.
(d) Laks accidentally cuts it with the plasma cutter.

13. Who decides to help Rufus with his plan?
(a) Lotte.
(b) Willem.
(c) Amelia.
(d) The falconers.

14. Once in the hospital where do Willem and Amelia go to stay for the rest of the day?
(a) Back to Uncle Ed's
(b) Back to Sneeuwberg.
(c) To The Mandarin Hotel.
(d) To the airport.

15. How does Fahd say that Saudi Arabia will continue to make money after the oil runs out?
(a) With wind energy.
(b) With photovoltaic energy.
(c) With nuclear energy.
(d) With hydroelectric energy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanies Saskia on her trip to Vadan?

2. What are the falconers and Rufus training the eagles to do?

3. How does Rufus get his electronics working?

4. Who greets Saskia in the dark as she and Jules are walking to The World's Biggest Gun?

5. What is the informateur's purpose?

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