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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what division does Inspector Borlú work?
(a) The Extreme Crime Squad.
(b) Conclusive Crimes Division.
(c) Special Victims Unit.
(d) Homicide Divison.

2. What effect did Bowden's ideas have on his career?
(a) He became rich and famous.
(b) He became a laughingstock.
(c) He received immediate tenure at his university.
(d) He became a celebrated author.

3. When Borlú and Dhatt become stuck, Dhatt prompts Borlú to remember what?
(a) When the pathologist made his report.
(b) When the victim stopped being an unknown corpse.
(c) When he first learned the identity of the van's owner.
(d) When he first saw the victim.

4. Bardo Naustin, another detective, believes the murder victim was in what profession?
(a) A police officer.
(b) A prostitute.
(c) A politician.
(d) An artist.

5. What is the name of Borlú's boss?
(a) Commissar Gosz.
(b) Commissar Sariska.
(c) Commissar Yaszek.
(d) Commissar Gadlem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once in Ul Qoma, Borlú is finally able to properly see what?

2. According to the unificationist, what was the victim's name?

3. Why does Borlú believe Khurusch's van was stolen?

4. Whose voice seems familiar to Borlú?

5. What important function does Copula Hall serve?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Pall Drodin and what does he tell Borlú about the victim?

2. What is the real identity of the victim? What is known about her?

3. What is Orciny?

4. In the hours immediately following the discovery of the murder, what do the detectives believe about the victim?

5. Following the Oversight Committee's decision, what is happening to Borlú and Corwi?

6. What does the informant tell Borlú about the victim?

7. Why does Gadlem tell Borlú about complicating the case?

8. Who is Yolanda Rodriguez and what is notable about her?

9. What is the Cleavage and what is known about it?

10. How does Corwi disagree with the initial theory of the murder?

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