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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Chief Inspector respond when Theo insists that the search of his home begin promptly?
(a) He questions why Theo would assume he was being searched.
(b) He leaves the room to make a call.
(c) He is annoyed by Theo's assertiveness, and searches the home himself.
(d) He obliges and sends Cathcart to begin.

2. What is Helena's cat named?
(a) Muffin.
(b) Mathilda.
(c) Julia.
(d) Peppy.

3. Xan and Theo salute which historical moment on the bridge near Xan's home?
(a) The death of five young Cavaliers.
(b) The death of Princess Diana.
(c) The Year Omega.
(d) The formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

4. Why does Theo believe the old women have been drugged?
(a) They attack one another.
(b) They sing children's songs.
(c) They twirl and dance.
(d) They speak in made-up languages.

5. When Miriam buries her brother's ashes, what does she say?
(a) "What pain there is in being sent a loved one in the mail, burying them alone, and living to see they've died for nothing."
(b) "He had died for this nation's paranoia, this unnerving fear of what isn't. You must help us, Theo."
(c) "Pouring the ashes into ground, watching them collapse upon another... it was how I knew what I must do."
(d) "I remember that it was raining and when I poured the white grit into the hole it was as if the whole garden was crying."

6. What does Theo decide with regards to trying to contact the Five Fishes at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) He will search the university's past records to find Julian's contact information.
(b) He is awaiting the location of his next meeting with Julian.
(c) He must only wait.
(d) He will search for one of them, he just doesn't know who yet.

7. "I never understood Dr. Faron's precise function when he was Warden's Adviser and it hasn't become clearer with his absence and the passing of three years." Who says this?
(a) Harriet.
(b) Carl.
(c) Martin.
(d) Felicia.

8. Who beat themselves for the sin of mankind?
(a) Flagellants.
(b) Sojourners.
(c) Youth groups.
(d) Evangelicals.

9. Why does Theo come to the museum in the first place?
(a) He misses his childhood days with Xan.
(b) He wants to reconnect with the memories of his daughter.
(c) To leave his response for the Five Fishes.
(d) To meet Julian.

10. What does Theo eat at the inn?
(a) Bangers and mash.
(b) Meat pies.
(c) Lasagna.
(d) Fish and chips.

11. Who does Theo recognize struggling near the ocean?
(a) His mother.
(b) Hilda.
(c) Helena.
(d) Xan's mother.

12. What are the legal requirements regarding newborn domestic animals?
(a) A male and a female from each litter may be kept.
(b) All are humanely euthanized.
(c) A local council-person picks the best of the litter to survive, the rest are destroyed.
(d) Only one female from the first litter, and one male from the second may be kept.

13. What is the first of the Five Fishes' concerns that Theo speaks of at the meeting in Chapter 12?
(a) The Quietus.
(b) An election.
(c) The Sojourners.
(d) The Isle of Man.

14. What secret of his father does Xan reveal to Theo while they walk in the park?
(a) He was gay.
(b) He kept mistresses.
(c) He was a criminal.
(d) He was a drug addict.

15. What is on Hilda's cardigan when Theo visits her home?
(a) A pin of a newborn.
(b) Blood.
(c) A crucifix.
(d) Congealed food.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Theo is frustrated during his conversation in Chapter 14, what does the author say he wishes to do?

2. What display of the museum has Xan always preferred?

3. Xan's large home becomes what in later years?

4. What does Theo expect at the end of his meeting with Xan?

5. What is Theo's job with Xan?

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