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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two part-time jobs does Theo accept as part of his cousin's plan?
(a) In an attorney's office and police dispatching.
(b) Giving museum tours and fixing cars.
(c) In a hospital and doing house maintenance.
(d) In a library and on a neighboring farm.

2. Why is Digby afraid of Theo?
(a) He fears he will alert the state that he needs to be taken to the Quietus.
(b) He thinks he recognizes him as someone who attacked him in the street.
(c) Theo threatened him.
(d) He is crazy.

3. Which word does the author NOT use to describe the Omega officer who visits Theo's home?
(a) Saturnine.
(b) Expressionless.
(c) Elegant.
(d) Robust.

4. What does Theo regret of himself in the last sentence of Chapter 15?
(a) He wishes he had the group's passion.
(b) He wishes Julian loved him.
(c) He misses having a family.
(d) He regrets leaving his job with Xan.

5. What is Theo's job with Xan?
(a) Minister for Justice and State Security.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Minister of Historic Record.
(d) Advisor.

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 will search for one of them, he just doesn't know who yet.
(c) He must only wait.
(d) He is awaiting the location of his next meeting with Julian.

7. Who attacks Theo at the Quietus he witnesses?
(a) Someone he tries to stop from committing suicide.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A police officer.
(d) A Sojourner.

8. What are Theo's thoughts towards England holding a general election?
(a) He thinks it would be disruptive and Xan would win anyway.
(b) He agrees with the Five Fishes, and hopes to see Xan lose.
(c) He would like to run against his cousin.
(d) He doesn't bother to care about things like that.

9. What does Theo's mother do for extra money during his youth?
(a) Waitress.
(b) Give piano lessons.
(c) Replicate prints.
(d) Tutor French.

10. What is Theo's old driver's name?
(a) Leo.
(b) Edwin.
(c) Martin.
(d) George.

11. How does Theo describe the destruction of ramps at the Quietus to the Chief Inspector?
(a) Merely a shame.
(b) An irritating inconvenience.
(c) A disrespectful debacle.
(d) Inappropriate, but commendable.

12. Where does Theo go in Oxford in Chapter 14?
(a) The chapel.
(b) The library.
(c) The museum.
(d) The pub.

13. What is Julian's most notable physical feature?
(a) Bright blue eyes.
(b) A disfigured hand.
(c) She's missing a thumb.
(d) Thick eyebrows.

14. 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 obliges and sends Cathcart to begin.
(c) He is annoyed by Theo's assertiveness, and searches the home himself.
(d) He leaves the room to make a call.

15. Where is Theo meeting Xan on behalf of the Five Fishes in Chapter 11?
(a) Xan's old home.
(b) Windsor Castle.
(c) London.
(d) The university.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what anniversary that Helena seems ignorant of does she call Theo on the phone?

2. Who does Theo recognize struggling near the ocean?

3. Where does Xan take Theo to walk after their meeting?

4. What do Theo and his wife do shortly after the death of their daughter?

5. What are the legal requirements regarding newborn domestic animals?

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