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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the informant, why did Geary befriend the unificationists?
(a) In order to access their weapons cache.
(b) In order to access their secret theories.
(c) In order to access their library and contacts.
(d) In order to access their computer files.

2. Borlú has a street urchin deliver an anonymous note to whom?
(a) Tsueh.
(b) Bowden.
(c) Gosz.
(d) Buidze.

3. What accident distracts Borlú and Ashil from the investigation?
(a) An explosion at Bol Ye'an.
(b) A great fire at Copula Hall.
(c) A plane crashes in Beszel.
(d) A crash involving two buses.

4. Borlú posits that Geary initially believed she was working on behalf of whom?
(a) Orciny.
(b) Breach.
(c) The University of Ul Qoma.
(d) Bowden.

5. As soon as Borlú opens fire on the shooter, what happens?
(a) The shooter returns fire.
(b) His phone rings.
(c) Breach takes him.
(d) The police arrest him.

6. What is declared as a result of the accident distracts Borlú and Ashil from the investigation?that
(a) Total Crosshatch.
(b) Open Cities.
(c) Martial Breach.
(d) Complete Dissensi.

7. What does Ashil tell Borlú about the act of breach?
(a) That it is easy to avoid doing.
(b) That it is perfectly normal.
(c) That it is a permanent act.
(d) That it is a common crime.

8. What had happened to Bowden a few weeks before Geary's murder?
(a) He was on television.
(b) His apartment was broken into.
(c) He was fired.
(d) He was published in a Besz newspaper.

9. After the shooter opens fire at Copula Hall, Borlú is shocked by what?
(a) He is shocked that the crowds remained relatively calm.
(b) He is shocked that he did not get shot.
(c) He is shocked that Breach did not appear.
(d) He is shocked that the police did not arrest the shooter.

10. Where is Borlú while he is Tye?
(a) In Ul Qoma.
(b) In Beszel.
(c) In Orciny.
(d) In both cities.

11. What item is found in Bowden's apartment?
(a) A mysterious mechanism.
(b) A warning letter written in Precursor script.
(c) A ransom note.
(d) A bloodstain.

12. What happens to Yolanda Rodriguez?
(a) She breaches.
(b) She is shot at Copula Hall but escapes.
(c) She is fatally shot at Copula Hall.
(d) She surrenders to the police and confesses to conspiracy.

13. How does Borlú describe Precursor mechanisms?
(a) As miraculous and mysterious.
(b) As primitive and unintelligible.
(c) As crude and outdated.
(d) As old and crumbling.

14. What ultimately happens to Bowden?
(a) He surrenders.
(b) He is shot by Ashil.
(c) He detonates a bomb.
(d) He flees.

15. Why does Borlú lose consciousness?
(a) His weapon explodes.
(b) He gets shot.
(c) Breach takes him.
(d) He is hit by a car.

Short Answer Questions

1. After losing consciousness, how does Borlú describe the place where he wakes up?

2. Borlú notices what about how he walks as Tye?

3. According to Rodriguez, what is Orciny?

4. After the member of the Oversight Committee behind the conspiracy is shot and killed, what does Borlú realize?

5. What does Borlú convince Rodriguez to do?

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