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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. David learns Petra can communicate with whom?
(a) People who live in the Badlands.
(b) Non-telepathic people.
(c) Animals.
(d) People who live far away to the southwest.

2. Who is Joe Darley?
(a) A man from the Fringes.
(b) A man who communicates telepathically with Petra.
(c) A man the inspector hires to make quiet inquiries.
(d) A man who hunts mutants.

3. How do the telepathics react to news of Anne’s plan to marry?
(a) They are disappointed and refuse to talk to her.
(b) They are shocked and think she is joking.
(c) They are happy and want to throw her a party.
(d) They are upset and try to talk her out of it.

4. Old Jacob tells David that the only way to cleanse deviations, even those in people, is to do what?
(a) Pray over them.
(b) Cure them with medicine.
(c) Exile them.
(d) Burn them.

5. According to the woman from Sealand, what kind of people are David, the other telepathics, and the people from Waknuk?
(a) Highly moral.
(b) Sinful.
(c) Advanced.
(d) Primitive.

6. How did the ninth telepathic die?
(a) The inspector discovered his secret ability.
(b) He caught the flu.
(c) He was fatally injured by an arrow.
(d) A tree fell on him.

7. David, Petra, and Rosalind flee in which direction?
(a) Southeast.
(b) Southwest.
(c) Northwest.
(d) Northeast.

8. If the telepathics are caught, Michael says that it would be kinder to kill Petra than to let what happen to her?
(a) Death by fire.
(b) Forced sterilization and banishment.
(c) A lengthy trial.
(d) Imprisonment.

9. Why does Petra come to David’s room in the middle of the night?
(a) To tell him she has had a bad dream.
(b) To tell him Sally and Katherine have been taken.
(c) To tell him the inspector wants to see him.
(d) To tell him their mother has given birth to another baby.

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

11. According to Petra, what can everyone do in Sealand?
(a) Easily identify a Deviation.
(b) Recite Nicholson’s Repentances.
(c) Make thought-shapes.
(d) Drive cars.

12. What does Axel think about Anne’s impeding marriage?
(a) Axel thinks the marriage is a good idea.
(b) Axel believes Anne should tell everyone the truth about her ability.
(c) Axel agrees the marriage is a bad idea.
(d) Axel believes David and the others are making a big deal over nothing.

13. After the group introduced themselves to one another, they begin to do what?
(a) Share stories about the Fringes people.
(b) See the future.
(c) Share what they learn in school.
(d) Wake each other up in the morning.

14. According to Michael, why are the authorities particularly determined to capture the runaways, instead of just letting them escape into the Fringes?
(a) Because the authorities are upset there was no sign the telepathics were different.
(b) Because the authorities want to send them overseas.
(c) Because the authorities want to learn how to become telepathic themselves.
(d) Because the authorities want to torture them.

15. After his aunt's visit, what does David pray for at night?
(a) To be like everyone else.
(b) To see the world.
(c) To become a mutant.
(d) To become rich and powerful.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After fleeing Waknuk, Rosalind now believes thought-shapes only do what?

3. What event ends Anne’s marriage?

4. What makes Jerome Skinner suspicious?

5. Once she resolves to marry, how does Anne behave?

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