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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Fist of Righteous Harmony try to do in the Pudong suburb?
(a) Recruit new members.
(b) Destroy Cryptnet.
(c) Burn the Feed lines that crisscross the city.
(d) Burn the Seed lines that crisscross the city.

2. What, according to Dr. X, caused the destruction of Chinese society prior to the time of this novel?
(a) Once rice came from the Seed, the people had no need to plant.
(b) Once thought came from the Feed, the people had no need to think.
(c) Once fabric came from matter compilers, the people had no need to weave.
(d) Once rice came from matter compilers, the people had no need to plant.

3. How do the Primers that are given to the many Han girls differ from Nell's Primer?
(a) Thinner and made with low-quality materials.
(b) Artificial Intelligence rather than a ractor.
(c) No difference.
(d) No gold lettering on the covers.

4. At what school does Lord Finkle-McGraw arrange for Nell to study?
(a) Miss McGraw's Academy of the Four Spirits.
(b) Miss Matheson's Academy of the Three Graces.
(c) Miss McGraw's Academy of the Four Graces.
(d) Miss Matheson's Academy of the Three Spirits.

5. When Hackworth goes to Seattle to see his ex-wife, how do the two communicate?
(a) Affectionately, as if they had never been apart.
(b) Indirectly, through their daughter Fiona.
(c) Via text messages.
(d) In a formal, Victorian manner.

6. From the teahouse in Shanghai, what is Carl Hollywood able to control?
(a) The Feed.
(b) Hackworth's mechanical horse.
(c) The theatrical performance viewed by Hackworth and Fiona.
(d) The information Nell obtains from her Primer.

7. Who does Carl Hollywood manage to remotely trick while sitting in a teahouse in Shanghai?
(a) Dr. X.
(b) Fiona.
(c) Miranda.
(d) Hackworth.

8. In the Primer, Princess Nell learns that several castles are plagued by a problem caused by whom?
(a) The Black Knight.
(b) The Mouse Army.
(c) The Duke of Turing.
(d) The Robot Army.

9. On what day of the week does Miss Stricken require girls to copy pages of historical documents?
(a) Friday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Sunday.

10. In the Primer, how does Princess Nell communicate with the Duke of Turing?
(a) Using strings, poetry, and tertiary commands.
(b) Using songs, poetry, and binary commands.
(c) Using chains, music, and tertiary commands.
(d) Using chains, poetry, and binary commands.

11. How does Nell protect herself from what the Drummers have implanted in everyone's blood?
(a) She quickly designs a counter-organism.
(b) She brews and drinks a potion using a recipe from the Primer.
(c) She uses the power of free thought to fight the blood's influence.
(d) She cuts her wrist to drain some of the blood from her body.

12. In the Primer, what do Princess Nell and her friends do in the castle of King Magpie?
(a) Rescue Harv.
(b) Steal the first key.
(c) Find a new friend.
(d) Learn martial arts.

13. When Carl Hollywood meets with Lord Finkle-McGraw, what does Carl Hollywood say regarding Miranda?
(a) Miranda has joined the Victorians, she continues to work on the Primer, and she contacts Carl Hollywood regularly.
(b) Miranda has joined the Drummers, she continues to work on the Primer, and she cannot be reached.
(c) Miranda has joined the Drummers, she continues to work on the Primer, and she contacts Carl Hollywood regularly.
(d) Miranda has joined the Drummers, she has stopped working on the Primer, and she cannot be reached.

14. What color hair does Brad's female friend have?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Red.

15. Hackworth receives a message in Vancouver to seek whom?
(a) Lord Finkle-McGraw.
(b) The Alchemist.
(c) The Arbitrator.
(d) Dr. X.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rescues Carl Hollywood from the Fist of Righteous Harmony?

2. After watching the performance of the theater company on the barge, what does Fiona decide to do?

3. Madame Ping, who hires Nell in her first job, runs what sort of establishment?

4. From Seattle, to what city do Hackworth and Fiona travel?

5. When Carl Hollywood meets with Lord Finkle-McGraw, what does Lord Finkle-McGraw say regarding Elizabeth?

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