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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. Who is the supervisor to Geary's best friend?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Rochambeaux.
(c) Tsueh.
(d) Bowden.

2. Who threatens Borlú with slander?
(a) Gosz.
(b) Syedr.
(c) Cerush.
(d) Gadlem.

3. Where does Bowden currently live?
(a) America.
(b) Beszel.
(c) Orciny.
(d) Ul Qoma.

4. In speaking with the lawyer for the True Citizens, what does Borlú realize?
(a) That the lawyer has suspicious motives.
(b) That the lawyer has insider information.
(c) That the lawyer is a suspect too.
(d) That the lawyer is trying to give him a clue.

5. What information does Borlú ask Taskin Cerush to get for him?
(a) How to submit evidence to the courts.
(b) How to dismiss a case for lack of evidence.
(c) How to arrest another officer.
(d) How to send a case to the Oversight Committee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the pathologist?

2. What important function does Copula Hall serve?

3. What event divided the two cities?

4. The teens who discovered the victim are described as being what?

5. Where was the owner of the van on the night of the murder?

Short Essay Questions

1. Upon speaking with Khurusch for a second time, what information do Borlú and Corwi learn?

2. Who is Aikam Tsueh and what is notable about him?

3. What has the Oversight Committee decided?

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

5. Describe the process necessary for Borlú to travel to Ul Qoma.

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

7. When Borlú arrives at an investigative dead end, Dhatt recommends he return to what? What is the outcome of this advice?

8. Who is Harkad Gosz and what does Borlú learn from him?

9. Who is Syedr and what does he believe about Breach?

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

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