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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the guards do to incapacitate Bud, after his assault and robbery, until the constable arrives?
(a) Shrink-wrap him with their special guns.
(b) Wound him with their spray guns.
(c) Detain him with brute force.
(d) Handcuff him using nanotechnology.

2. 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 confiscates the Primer from Nell.
(d) He moves Nell and her family to a new apartment building.

3. Nell learns how to light a fire while reading what story in the Primer?
(a) Princess Nell's adoptive parents teaching her and Harv how to light a fire.
(b) Harv preparing a meal for Princess Nell.
(c) Princess Nell and Harv camping in the woods.
(d) Harv lighting a fire to keep trolls away at night.

4. Why is Lord Finkle-McGraw unable to view the Primer when Hackworth gives it to him?
(a) Lord Finkle-McGraw is illiterate.
(b) The Primer shut down because it has been illegally duplicated.
(c) The Primer is looking for a little girl to interact with.
(d) Lord Finkle-McGraw speaks and reads a different dialect.

5. Who is the mother of Nell and Harv?
(a) Gwendolyn.
(b) Tequila.
(c) Fiona.
(d) Margharita.

6. After Miranda intervenes in the Primer's story to help Nell avoid danger, where does Miranda go?
(a) Atlantis/Shanghai.
(b) A bar in the Theatre Parnasse.
(c) The Flea Circus.
(d) A teahouse on an island.

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

8. During their lunch, what option does Lord Finkle-McGraw offer to Hackworth in exchange for keeping quiet about Hackworth's illegal activities?
(a) Hackworth must agree to be a double agent for Dr. X, spying on the Victorians.
(b) Hackworth must agree to be a double agent for the Victorians, spying on Dr. X.
(c) Hackworth must agree to be a double agent for Dr. X, spying on Judge Fang.
(d) Hackworth must agree to be a double agent for Judge Fang, spying on Dr. X.

9. In the video that Judge Fang views of a recent robbery, what was the robbers' mode of transportation?
(a) They ran.
(b) They rode high-tech bicycles.
(c) They skated on nanoskates.
(d) They drove an old car.

10. What advice does Carl Hollywood give to Miranda after she expresses concern about her role in Nell's Primer?
(a) He says Miranda should stop worrying about Nell.
(b) He says Miranda should try to find the real-life Nell.
(c) He says that if Nell is still alive, she will need Miranda.
(d) He says Miranda should find a new ractor to take over her role in the Primer.

11. The Causeway is a bridge connecting what two areas?
(a) The artificial island of Atlantis/Shanghai and the Leased Territories.
(b) The artificial island of the Leased Territories and the Pudong Economic Zone.
(c) The artificial island of Source Victoria and Atlantis/Shanghai.
(d) The artificial island of Atlantis/Shanghai and the Pudong Economic Zone.

12. In what way is Miranda surprised regarding her role in the Princess Nell ractive?
(a) She is surprised that the Primer has been duplicated.
(b) She is surprised that the client can afford to pay for so many hours of her services.
(c) She is surprised that the child is spending so little time with her ractive.
(d) She is surprised by the great amount of time the child is spending with her ractive.

13. What does Demetrius Cotton give to Hackworth when he arrives at work?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A plan for a power supply.
(c) A book.
(d) Money.

14. What is the cloud that hangs over Atlantis/Shanghai?
(a) A dome that shields the area.
(b) Microscopic organisms that act as an immune system.
(c) A constant source of rain and gloom.
(d) Pollution.

15. When Chang visits Hackworth at his home, what item does he bring?
(a) A book.
(b) A mostly destroyed hat.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A note.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "More Tales from the Primer," how does Nell use the lessons taught by Dinosaur to Princess Nell to help herself in real life?

2. What does the Constable at the gates of Dovetail warn Miranda to do?

3. When Nell reads the Primer alone in her room, who becomes its main character?

4. In the Primer, the Dark Castle is guarded by whom?

5. Atlantis/Shanghai is protected by a grid of what?

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