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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Hackworth generate in Vancouver using the card given to him by Dr. X's courier?
(a) A mechanical donkey that will fold into a suitcase.
(b) A mechanical horse that will fold into a suitcase.
(c) A mechanical horse that will fold into a computer.
(d) A mechanical horse that will fold into a chair.

2. In "Nell Sees Something Peculiar," Nell sees Harv and everything outside her window covered in a black dust called what?
(a) Reycling dust.
(b) Toner.
(c) Coal.
(d) Nanopollution.

3. In the Primer, how does Miranda intervene in the story when she learns that Nell is in danger from her mother's new partner?
(a) Miranda tells Nell to stop reading the Primer.
(b) Miranda uses Dinosaur to teach Nell how to defend herself.
(c) Miranda advises Nell to ask Tequila to leave her new partner.
(d) Miranda tells Nell to flee with her brother to a police station or orphanage.

4. 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 moves Nell and her family to a new apartment building.
(c) He orders surveillance cameras for her apartment building.
(d) He confiscates the Primer from Nell.

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

6. What is the occupation of Brad, who Nell and Harv have traveled to meet in Dovetail?
(a) Ractor.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Cooper.
(d) Baker.

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

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

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

10. What are Thetes?
(a) Thetes are outcasts, not associated with any phyle.
(b) Thetes are another name for Ashantis.
(c) Thetes are an elite phyle.
(d) Thetes are mites.

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

12. What is the function of Source Victoria?
(a) Filtering dirty sea water and polluted air.
(b) Computer networking.
(c) Artificial intelligence.
(d) Maintaining Victorian values.

13. In the Primer, what is the occupation of Princess Nell's adoptive father?
(a) Ractor.
(b) King.
(c) Fisherman.
(d) Guard.

14. When Hackworth visits the office of Dr. X, where does Dr. X forage for mites?
(a) A matter compiler.
(b) Code for the Primer.
(c) Flesh from Hackworth's forehead.
(d) Flesh from Hackworth's palm.

15. What does Harv decide to produce for his sister, Nell, on the matter compiler?
(a) A new mattress.
(b) A recycler.
(c) A book.
(d) Lunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the four-year-old daughter of Hackworth?

2. What do Harv and Nell conclude about the small piece of cloth Harv found near the sea?

3. In the Primer, what does Princess Nell discover in a hole in the ground?

4. What is the primary technology in use in "The Diamond Age"?

5. The Causeway is a bridge connecting what two areas?

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