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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another name for the office of Dr. X?
(a) Source Victoria.
(b) Bespoke.
(c) Atlantis/Shanghai.
(d) Flea Circus.

2. At the Flea Circus, how does Chang surprise Hackworth?
(a) Chang arrests Hackworth.
(b) Chang asks Hackworth to be a double agent.
(c) Chang pardons Hackworth.
(d) Chang gives Hackworth his hat.

3. Out of concern for Nell's safety (because two groups want her Primer), what does Judge Fang do?
(a) He places security guards around her apartment building.
(b) He orders surveillance cameras for her apartment building.
(c) He moves Nell and her family to a new apartment building.
(d) He confiscates the Primer from Nell.

4. What is the fate of Bud, following his trial for mugging and wounding a man?
(a) He is remotely executed, without warning, by the explosion of microscopic bombs running through his blood.
(b) He is found innocent of all charges.
(c) He is executed by skull gun.
(d) He is shrink-wrapped and sent to prison.

5. In what way is the bridge an example of die-hard habits on the part of architects?
(a) The bridge is based on Medieval design.
(b) The bridge has a drawbridge to allow boats to pass beneath, even though there is no longer any boat traffic in the area.
(c) The bridge is arched to allow boats to pass beneath, even though there is no longer any boat traffic in the area.
(d) The bridge is decorative only, not functional, to provide a sense of history.

6. What do Harv and Nell conclude about the small piece of cloth Harv found near the sea?
(a) The woven threads must be the remains of a sea creature.
(b) The woven threads are too complicated to be human-made.
(c) The woven threads must contain a secret code.
(d) The woven threads are too complicated to be made by mites.

7. In the playroom of Nell's apartment building, what happens to the children who steal Nell's book?
(a) They are sprayed with blue ink.
(b) They are carried off by mites.
(c) They become invisible.
(d) They suffer a mysterious and sudden illness.

8. "The Diamond Age" is set in what era?
(a) The late twenty-second century.
(b) The early twenty-second century.
(c) The early twenty-first century.
(d) The late twenty-first century.

9. What modification does Judge Fang ask Hackworth to make to the Primer, against Hackworth's better judgment?
(a) Insert more Victorian teachings.
(b) Allow the Primer to be used by adults.
(c) Allow the Primer to be used by hundreds of thousands of Chinese children.
(d) Disable the Primer.

10. When she is first hired as a ractor, what commission rate must Miranda pay to Fred Epidermis?
(a) Sixty percent.
(b) Twenty percent.
(c) Fifty percent.
(d) Eighty percent.

11. Why does Bud visit a mod parlor?
(a) To get a tattoo.
(b) To obtain a robot arm.
(c) To upgrade his skull gun to a state-of-the-art spray gun.
(d) To purchase retro clothing.

12. In the Primer, who kills the Baron?
(a) Dinosaur.
(b) The Queen.
(c) Harv.
(d) Nell.

13. Lord Finkle-McGraw commissioned the Primer for his granddaughter for what reason?
(a) To improve her reading skills.
(b) She wanted one for her birthday.
(c) To help him communicate with her over long distances.
(d) To raise her with some subversive culture.

14. When Nell reads the Primer for the second time, who frees Princess Nell and her friends from the castle?
(a) A raven.
(b) Harv.
(c) A duck.
(d) A prince.

15. What does Harv do when he returns to see what Nell has done with the matter compiler?
(a) Harv repairs the matter compiler.
(b) Harv tells his mother about Nell's mischief.
(c) Harv sends the broken matter compiler into the recycler.
(d) Harv sends the extra items into the recycler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bud steals money from a family who are members of what?

2. In the Primer, when Princess Nell returns with twelve keys to rescue Harv, what happens to Harv?

3. In the Primer, Dinosaur tells the story of being defeated by a smaller creature, Belle. What sort of creature is Belle?

4. What does Nell do with the matter compiler after her brother leaves the house?

5. What job does Miranda leave in order to become a ractor?

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