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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After the member of the Oversight Committee behind the conspiracy is shot and killed, what does Borlú realize?
(a) He has not accounted for Tsueh's whereabouts.
(b) He has not accounted for Dhatt's treachery.
(c) He has not accounted for the university's involvement.
(d) He has not accounted for the involvement of Rodriguez and Bowden.

3. What is the effect of the accident that distracts Borlú and Ashil from the investigation?
(a) The murderer escapes.
(b) Ashil breaches.
(c) Many breaches occur.
(d) Borlú breaches again.

4. Who is particularly uncomfortable with Borlú's plan to get two people out of the city?
(a) Corwi.
(b) Gadlem.
(c) Dhatt.
(d) Bowden.

5. When within the Breach, Borlú is to be known as what?
(a) Tye.
(b) Lue.
(c) Dor.
(d) Bor.

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

7. What does Ashil invite Borlú to do?
(a) Leave the cities entirely and go to America.
(b) Transfer to Ul Qoma.
(c) Join Breach.
(d) Go home to Beszel.

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

9. 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.

10. What is the name of the sniper who killed Rodriguez?
(a) Yeltsin.
(b) Yorjavic.
(c) Yoder.
(d) Yankovik.

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

12. According to Rodriguez, what is Bol Ye'an really?
(a) Where the citizens of Orciny live.
(b) An example of dissensi.
(c) A munitions factory.
(d) Orciny's storeroom.

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

14. To what library does Borlú take the agent of Breach?
(a) The University Library of Copula Hall.
(b) The University Library of Ul Qoma.
(c) The University Library of Orciny.
(d) The University Library of Beszel.

15. What crime did Borlú commit in killing the sniper?
(a) Breach.
(b) Trespassing.
(c) Murder.
(d) Conspiracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Borlú and the shooter during the chase which follows the shooting at Copula Hall?

2. What are agents of Breach known as?

3. Who is Kai Buidze?

4. When Borlú finds Bowden, why has no one arrested him?

5. What is the name of the coda to the novel?

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