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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In speaking with the lawyer for the True Citizens, what does Borlú realize?
(a) That the lawyer is trying to give him a clue.
(b) That the lawyer is a suspect too.
(c) That the lawyer has insider information.
(d) That the lawyer has suspicious motives.

2. What event divided the two cities?
(a) The Cleavage.
(b) The Schism.
(c) The Terminal.
(d) The Great Divide.

3. According to Borlú's informant, the victim was involved in what?
(a) Politics.
(b) Archeology.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Smuggling.

4. When the owner of the van is taken to identify his vehicle, he is shocked to see what?
(a) It has been painted a different color.
(b) It is missing all four wheels.
(c) It has been banged up in an accident.
(d) It is filled with junk that does not belong to him.

5. When walking in Ul Qoma one night, where does Borlú go?
(a) Bol Ye'an.
(b) Copula Hall.
(c) DöplirCaffé.
(d) The Temple.

6. According to the lawyer for the True Citizens, for whom was Geary working?
(a) Beszel.
(b) Ul Qoma.
(c) Orciny.
(d) Breach.

7. According to the unificationist, the victim believed in what fabled city?
(a) Thule.
(b) Suddene.
(c) Quivira.
(d) Orciny.

8. The pathologist determines the victim was how old when she died?
(a) 22.
(b) 25.
(c) 28.
(d) 18.

9. The True Citizens are described as what?
(a) The street soldiers of the Social Democrats.
(b) The street soldiers of Orciny.
(c) The street soldiers of the NatBloc.
(d) The street soldiers of the Oversight Committee.

10. By seeing Borlú's posters, the informant has committed what crime?
(a) Illegal immigration.
(b) Abduction.
(c) Lying to authorities.
(d) Breach.

11. When Borlú and Dhatt become stuck, Dhatt prompts Borlú to remember what?
(a) When the pathologist made his report.
(b) When he first saw the victim.
(c) When the victim stopped being an unknown corpse.
(d) When he first learned the identity of the van's owner.

12. Why does Syedr object to invoking Breach?
(a) He believes there is nothing Breach can do in this instance.
(b) He believes Breach is made up of failed detectives.
(c) He believes it is an alien power over which they have no control.
(d) He believes Breach is overrated.

13. The accent of Borlú's anonymous informant indicates what about him?
(a) He comes from America.
(b) He comes from Australia.
(c) He comes from Beszel.
(d) He comes from Ul Qoma.

14. Bardo Naustin, another detective, believes the murder victim was in what profession?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) A police officer.
(c) An artist.
(d) A politician.

15. Who threatens Borlú with slander?
(a) Gadlem.
(b) Gosz.
(c) Cerush.
(d) Syedr.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thanks to the video footage, Borlú realized the van must have had what inside?

2. What information does Borlú ask Taskin Cerush to get for him?

3. Borlú is pleased to find what has been displayed throughout the city?

4. Who is the supervisor to Geary's best friend?

5. Why are the victim's parents deported?

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