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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Borlú want to use as a safe phone line?
(a) Corwi's cell phone.
(b) Sariska's cell phone.
(c) Yallya's cell phone.
(d) Bizyana's cell phone.

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

3. At the end of the novel, what has Borlú become?
(a) A member of the Oversight Committee.
(b) An agent of Orciny.
(c) An Ul Qoman detective.
(d) An avatar of Breach.

4. According to the informant, what was Geary studying when she was killed?
(a) Orciny.
(b) Dissensi.
(c) The Oversight Committee.
(d) Breach.

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

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

7. What exactly is Breach investigating?
(a) Geary's murder.
(b) The dig at Bol Ye'an.
(c) Borlú's breach.
(d) The Oversight Committee.

8. What is inside the package sent to the Bol Ye'an dig site?
(a) A bomb.
(b) A document in precursor script.
(c) The murder weapon.
(d) A box of Geary's notes.

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

10. How does Borlú find Rodriguez?
(a) By following Tsueh to her hideout.
(b) By following Dhatt to her hideout.
(c) By following Bowden to her hideout.
(d) By following Buidze to her hideout.

11. What are agents of Breach known as?
(a) Proxies.
(b) Envoys.
(c) Incarnates.
(d) Avatars.

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

13. Where are Borlú and the shooter during the chase which follows the shooting at Copula Hall?
(a) The shooter is in Beszel while Borlú is in both cities.
(b) The shooter is in both cities while Borlú is in Ul Qoma.
(c) The shooter is in Ul Qoma while Borlú is in Beszel.
(d) The shooter is in Beszel while Borlú is in Ul Qoma.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Borlú has a street urchin deliver an anonymous note to whom?

2. What is the name of the sniper who killed Rodriguez?

3. What does Ashil tell Borlú about the act of breach?

4. Where is the informant going after his second phone call to Borlú?

5. Which individual actually killed Geary?

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