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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Theo's purpose for keeping a diary?
(a) To recount his life for whomever may find the book.
(b) Simply to pass the time.
(c) To log the second half of his life's memories for his own enjoyment later.
(d) It's a self-exploring, emotional release.

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

3. 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 meet Julian.
(d) To leave his response for the Five Fishes.

4. Theo's birthday falls on what holiday?
(a) Easter.
(b) New Year's Day.
(c) Guy Fox Day.
(d) Christmas Day.

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

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

7. What does the Church of England replace the sign of the cross with?
(a) A lightbulb.
(b) A golden orb.
(c) A flower.
(d) A mother nursing her child.

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

9. Where is Digby from?
(a) Cardiff.
(b) Wimbledon.
(c) Brighton.
(d) Merton.

10. Why does the priest demand that Theo leave the church before eleven?
(a) There is a wedding.
(b) There is a mass.
(c) There is a funeral.
(d) There is a christening.

11. "I wouldn't say the Tudor age was uniquely cruel... They died young in those days. Every age has its cruelties." Who says this?
(a) Oliver Cathcart.
(b) Theo.
(c) The Chief Inspector.
(d) Xan.

12. What is Xan's home in Dorset called?
(a) Woolcombe.
(b) Andover.
(c) Vauxhall.
(d) Oxford.

13. What does the Baronet buy Theo?
(a) A dog.
(b) New shoes.
(c) A computer.
(d) A bike.

14. What are Sojourners?
(a) Gypsies that rob the elderly.
(b) Omegas from other countries paid to do servant's work.
(c) Religious preachers who promise damnation.
(d) Violent women disillusioned about their infertility.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, who else is at the meeting with Xan that Theo thought would be private?

2. Why is Digby afraid of Theo?

3. Whose sperm is tested as mandated by British law?

4. What is Helena's cat named?

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

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