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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Borlú convince Rodriguez to do?
(a) Tell her story to the local newspaper.
(b) Flee Ul Qoma and go to Beszel.
(c) Breach.
(d) Go home to her parents.

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

3. According to Rodriguez, Geary was never interested in what?
(a) Her PhD.
(b) Bowden's theories.
(c) Breach.
(d) Orciny.

4. The package sent to Bol Ye'an is addressed to whom?
(a) Tsueh.
(b) Nancy.
(c) Rochambeaux.
(d) Bowden.

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

6. When Borlú finds Bowden, why has no one arrested him?
(a) He has entered Orciny.
(b) He has a bomb.
(c) No one can find him.
(d) No one knows what city he is in.

7. Why does Borlú believe Geary was really killed?
(a) Because she stopped believing in Orciny.
(b) Because she was stealing.
(c) Because she was about to publish a groundbreaking study.
(d) Because she was in love with her professor.

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

9. What is odd about the old woman watching Borlú one night?
(a) She has a strange scar on her face.
(b) She is speaking a strange language.
(c) He cannot tell which city she is in.
(d) She has very long limbs.

10. What does Borlú find inside the library book?
(a) Geary's annotations.
(b) A Precursor text.
(c) A secret message from Bowden.
(d) A list of dissensi.

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

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

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

14. How does David Bowden feel about Rodriguez's disappearance?
(a) He is very doubtful about it.
(b) He is very pleased about it.
(c) He is very confused about it.
(d) He is very upset about it.

15. Which individual actually killed Geary?
(a) Bowden.
(b) Buric.
(c) Syedr.
(d) Yorjavic.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what library does Borlú take the agent of Breach?

2. What is the identity of the informant who called Borlú back in Beszel?

3. What are dissensi?

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

5. As soon as Borlú opens fire on the shooter, what happens?

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