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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is not a demand of the Five Fishes as printed on their pamphlet?
(a) Provide meals for the homeless.
(b) Liberate the Isle of Man.
(c) End fertility testing.
(d) End the Quietus.

2. Who are the Grenadiers?
(a) Xan's private army.
(b) Terrorists.
(c) Serial killers.
(d) A band.

3. Finish the quote. "If we are dying we can die as human beings, not as _____."
(a) Bacteria.
(b) Animals.
(c) Monsters.
(d) Devils.

4. Who is Theo meeting in Chapter 14?
(a) Helena.
(b) Julian.
(c) Rolf.
(d) Miriam.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Theo's job with Xan?

2. Why is Digby afraid of Theo?

3. Who points out Felicia's making money out of the former system of criminal prosecution?

4. What are Sojourners?

5. What is Helena's cat named?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Theo find in his mail two weeks after meeting Julian to discuss his meeting with Xan? What is his opinion of it?

2. Describe the Omegas.

3. How does Theo think Xan will respond to the notice from the Five Fishes? If Theo never leaves the Council, could he be more help to Julian?

4. Discus the Evangelist Rosie McClure, and what she is a representation of.

5. Describe the incident of the woman with the doll in Chapter 6.

6. What day does Theo receive his invitation to Helena's home? How does he feel towards her new life?

7. What does Miriam say has happened to her brother?

8. Though he eventually is asked over, for what event is Theo not invited to the home of Helena and her new husband?

9. Does Theo have pleasant memories of his original trip to Blythburgh with his family? Why is it then ironic that he is there the second time?

10. Does Theo immediately realize that he wishes to help the Five Fishes while witnessing the Quietus?

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