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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After learning of the end of Anne’s marriage, what is Michael’s advice to the group?
(a) Michael says they all need to go see Anne and comfort her.
(b) Michael says they all need to be ready to flee at a moment’s notice.
(c) Michael says they all need to give Anne some space for awhile.
(d) Michael says they all need to go to church and pray for Anne.

2. Axel hints that David and the others may need to take what course of action, regarding Anne's marriage?
(a) Stop talking to Anne and forget about her.
(b) Find another telepathic to take Anne’s place in the group.
(c) Be happy for Anne and celebrate her marriage.
(d) Kill Anne to prevent her from giving away the group.

3. According to Axel, what is the cause of the bad season?
(a) People memorizing Nicholson’s Repentances.
(b) The Badlands spreading.
(c) A bad winter with winds from the southwest.
(d) Slackness regarding Purity standards.

4. According to the sermons David’s father delivers, what is the mutant?
(a) Lucky.
(b) Accursed.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Blessed.

5. According to old Jacob, what is the cause of the bad season?
(a) People memorizing Nicholson’s Repentances.
(b) A bad winter.
(c) Winds blowing up from the south.
(d) Slackness regarding Purity standards.

6. What word best describes David’s aunt after she is rejected by the Strorms?
(a) Ashamed.
(b) Overjoyed.
(c) Apologetic.
(d) Defiant.

7. When Katherine transmits to the group, how does David describe her thoughts?
(a) As a warning to flee.
(b) As a message of love.
(c) As a message she was safe.
(d) As a cry of agony.

8. Axel warns David that the bad season will make people look for what?
(a) A mutant.
(b) Fringes people.
(c) A scapegoat.
(d) Rogue sailors.

9. After several days of travel, what signals to David that he has entered Wild Country?
(a) He sees grass that grew to a monstrous height.
(b) He sees what looked like a dinosaur.
(c) He sees a strange creature that defied classification.
(d) He sees miniature trees no taller than his ankle.

10. Who is Jerome Skinner?
(a) A traveler coming from Newf.
(b) A man who lives near the woods and sees Sally and Katherine running.
(c) A man searching for an escaped mutant.
(d) A man fleeing Waknuk for having a deviation.

11. What two forbidden things does Petra do at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) She rides her pony to a stream and goes swimming alone.
(b) She speaks to strangers and plays with a Fringes child.
(c) She takes her pony to Angus Morton and buys a new saddle.
(d) She rides her pony off Strorm land and goes into the woods.

12. What stands in the way of David and Rosalind marrying?
(a) The fact that Rosalind vowed never to marry.
(b) The fact that David wanted to marry Katherine.
(c) The feud between their families.
(d) The fact that Axel warned it was a bad idea.

13. When David locates the source of the emergency beacon, what does he find?
(a) Petra nearly drowning.
(b) Katherine being hunted by a patrol.
(c) Rosalind trapped in a burning house.
(d) Anne being attacked by a wild boar.

14. What does David learn about Petra after her second emergency situation?
(a) She is unable to send or receive thought-shapes.
(b) Her ability to transmit thought-shapes is unusually strong.
(c) She is frightened by the idea of transmitting thought-shapes.
(d) She refuses to transmit thought-shapes at all.

15. Anne leaves behind a letter addressed to whom?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Her sister.
(c) The inspector.
(d) The group of telepathics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does David’s mother react to her sister’s request?

2. After the group introduced themselves to one another, they begin to do what?

3. Michael informs the runaways that they have been officially proclaimed what?

4. Shortly after Petra’s birth, who comes to visit?

5. David learns Petra can communicate with whom?

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