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

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

3. Who does Anne decide to marry?
(a) Alan Ervin.
(b) Angus Morton.
(c) The inspector’s son.
(d) Walter Brent.

4. A newborn is not formally announced until who approves the baby?
(a) The head of the patrol.
(b) The local tax collector.
(c) The magistrate.
(d) The inspector.

5. 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 want to learn how to become telepathic themselves.
(b) Because the authorities want to send them overseas.
(c) Because the authorities are upset there was no sign the telepathics were different.
(d) Because the authorities want to torture them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the two telepathic boys David communicates with?

2. What word best describes David’s aunt after she is rejected by the Strorms?

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

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

5. How do Sally and Katherine act after being taken?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do David's parents react to the reason for Harriet's visit? What happens to Harriet as a result?

2. Once the group of telepathics “meet” one another, what do they begin to do? What effect does this have on them?

3. Why does Petra wake David in the middle of the night?

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

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

6. Why does Anne insist on marrying a normal boy?

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

8. After discussing Walter Brent, what does Axel say about the human mind?

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

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

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