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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the informant going after his second phone call to Borlú?
(a) He is fleeing both cities.
(b) He is going to Copula Hall.
(c) He is entering Orciny.
(d) He is joining Breach.

2. Where did Borlú first see the sniper?
(a) He was the owner of the van.
(b) He was a member of Qoma First.
(c) He was a member of the Oversight Committee.
(d) He was a member of the True Citizens.

3. Where does Borlú find Bowden?
(a) At his apartment.
(b) At Copula Hall.
(c) At Bol Ye'an.
(d) At the university library.

4. According to Rodriguez, Geary had made contact with what?
(a) The Oversight Committee.
(b) A publisher.
(c) Breach.
(d) Orciny.

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

6. Borlú wonders why Rodriguez does not just do what?
(a) Call the police.
(b) Go public.
(c) Go home.
(d) Breach.

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

8. Who is Kai Buidze?
(a) Chief facilitator at Bol Ye'an.
(b) Professor of archeology at Bol Ye'an.
(c) Student advisor at Bol Ye'an.
(d) The head of security at Bol Ye'an.

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

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

11. What is the name of Dhatt's wife?
(a) Yulia.
(b) Yallya.
(c) Yalah.
(d) Yaliah.

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

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(b) As crude and outdated.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

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

15. What is the name of the coda to the novel?
(a) Between the City and the City.
(b) Breach.
(c) Fulana Detail.
(d) Orciny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is odd about the old woman watching Borlú one night?

2. After losing consciousness, how does Borlú describe the people he sees when he wakes up?

3. According to the informant, what was Geary studying when she was killed?

4. How does Borlú find Rodriguez?

5. Why does Borlú believe Geary was really killed?

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