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

Multiple Choice Questions

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(b) As crude and outdated.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

2. Why does Borlú open fire on the shooter?
(a) Because the shooter is about to shoot him.
(b) Because the shooter is about to take a hostage.
(c) Because the shooter is about to shoot someone else.
(d) Because the shooter is about to go where he cannot follow.

3. Who intercepts the package sent to Bol Ye'an?
(a) Rochambeaux.
(b) Bowden.
(c) Tsueh.
(d) Buidze.

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

5. What is the identity of the informant who called Borlú back in Beszel?
(a) Harkad Gosz.
(b) Dahar Jaris.
(c) Aikam Tsueh.
(d) Pall Drodin.

6. After losing consciousness, how does Borlú describe the people he sees when he wakes up?
(a) As tall and insect like.
(b) As people-shaped clay.
(c) As menacing and mean.
(d) As happy and kind.

7. According to Rodriguez, who recruited Geary to work for them?
(a) Orciny.
(b) The unificationists.
(c) The university.
(d) The True Citizens.

8. Borlú notices what about how he walks as Tye?
(a) They walk without regard for city boundaries.
(b) They stay only in Ul Qoma.
(c) They stick only to dissensi.
(d) They stick to crosshatched areas.

9. After losing consciousness, how does Borlú describe the place where he wakes up?
(a) As gray and shapeless.
(b) As loud and boisterous.
(c) As full of light.
(d) As a long tunnel.

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

11. What is the name of the Breach agent who conducts conversations with Borlú?
(a) Achur.
(b) Asher.
(c) Archon.
(d) Ashil.

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

13. What does Borlú and Dhatt find inside David Bowden's apartment?
(a) Old, dirty dishes.
(b) Wires and gears.
(c) Lots of typewriters.
(d) Antiques and papers in a pre-Cleavage script.

14. How do Borlú and Dhatt plan to get Rodriguez out of the city?
(a) They plan to hide her in the trunk.
(b) They plan to transport her in an ambulance.
(c) They plan to apply for a travel visa.
(d) They plan to disguise her as a police officer.

15. Which member of the Oversight Committee is behind the conspiracy?
(a) Yavid Nyisemu.
(b) Mikhel Buric.
(c) Yorj Syedr.
(d) Shura Katrinya.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rodriguez, Geary was never interested in what?

2. Where did Borlú first see the sniper?

3. How does Borlú find Rodriguez?

4. Who keeps calling Corwi in an attempt to get a hold of Borlú?

5. How does David Bowden feel about Geary's murder?

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