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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. As a result of this second emergency beacon, what does David resolve regarding Petra?
(a) He resolves to tell his mother about Petra.
(b) He resolves to run away with Petra.
(c) He resolves to find Jerome Skinner and kill him.
(d) He resolves to teach her thought-shapes.

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

3. Axel tells David that praying to take away his ability is what?
(a) Something he thinks will work.
(b) The best course of action.
(c) Wrong.
(d) Not enough.

4. According to David, Petra is communicating with someone from which land while they are on the run?
(a) Newf.
(b) Kentak.
(c) The Badlands.
(d) Sealand.

5. How do Sally and Katherine act after being taken?
(a) Sad and mournful.
(b) Angry and belligerent.
(c) Excited and happy.
(d) Innocent and bewildered.

Short Answer Questions

1. Old Jacob tells David that the only way to cleanse deviations, even those in people, is to do what?

2. According to old Jacob, what is the cause of the bad season?

3. Following Petra's second emergency situation, Axel tells David what worrisome news?

4. What stands in the way of David and Rosalind marrying?

5. How did the ninth telepathic die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is old Jacob’s opinion on what caused the bad season?

2. Why is the arrival of David’s new baby sister not announced right away?

3. What is Axel’s opinion on what caused the bad season?

4. Who is Walter Brent? What happened to him?

5. As David moved through the Wild Country, what sorts of things does he see there?

6. What happens to Anne after she marries? How does her marriage to Alan end?

7. What does the group resolve must be done after being discovered by Jerome Skinner?

8. Why is Anne’s marriage a problem for David and the other telepathics?

9. What does Petra learn about the location of the woman she is communicating with?

10. After Petra's dangerous adventure in the woods, what troublesome news does Axel give David?

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