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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Riding around Vancouver, what does Hackworth find in a compartment of his mechanical horse?
(a) Mites.
(b) Surveillance equipment.
(c) Sandwiches.
(d) Fortune cookies.

2. In the Primer, which magical friend disappears after leaving the castle of King Magpie?
(a) Duck.
(b) Purple.
(c) Peter Rabbit.
(d) Raven.

3. When Carl Hollywood visits a teahouse in Shanghai, he writes a paper in an effort to contact whom?
(a) Hackworth.
(b) Miranda.
(c) Dr. X.
(d) Beck.

4. When Nell leaves the Academy, into what area does she travel?
(a) The Leased Territories.
(b) Atlantis/Shanghai.
(c) Bespoke.
(d) The Pudong Economic Zone.

5. What theatrical company is performing on the barge that Hackworth and Fiona board?
(a) Dovetail.
(b) AEther.
(c) Dramatis Personae.
(d) Bespoke.

6. Which of the three girls who possess original Primers is the first to leave the Academy?
(a) Elizabeth and Fiona together.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Fiona.
(d) Nell.

7. On her deathbed, what does Mrs. Matheson say to Nell?
(a) Nell is destined to stay at the Academy and she has a secret protector.
(b) Nell is destined to become great and Constable Moore is her secret protector.
(c) Nell is destined to become great and she has a secret protector.
(d) Nell is destined to stay at the Academy and she must destroy the Primer.

8. At her new place of employment, who does Nell befriend?
(a) The Fist of Righteous Harmony.
(b) Chinese girls.
(c) Victorian girls.
(d) Cryptnet.

9. Who rescues Carl Hollywood from the Fist of Righteous Harmony?
(a) Colonel Spence.
(b) Nell.
(c) Constable Moore.
(d) Hackworth.

10. What is the reason for Miss Stricken's highly repetitive and useless tasks at the Academy?
(a) To allow the other teachers some time away from the classroom.
(b) She takes joy from punishing the students.
(c) To teach good penmanship.
(d) To teach patience and obedience.

11. Early in Part Two of the novel, who does Miranda wish to find?
(a) Her "sister," Nell.
(b) Her "daughter," Nell.
(c) Hackworth.
(d) Dr. X.

12. In the Primer, after Princess Nell outwits King Coyote, what does the King do?
(a) He reveals that he is Dr. X, and says Nell must follow the Primer's instructions to become more powerful.
(b) He reveals that he is Hackworth, and says Nell must follow the Primer's instructions to meet an important person.
(c) He reveals that he is Hackworth, and says Nell must follow the Primer's instructions to become more powerful.
(d) He reveals that he is Hackworth, and Nell must follow the Primer's instructions to meet Dr. X.

13. When Carl Hollywood meets with Lord Finkle-McGraw, what does Lord Finkle-McGraw say regarding Elizabeth?
(a) Elizabeth has left the Drummers in order to join CryptNet.
(b) Elizabeth has left Cryptnet in order to join the Drummers.
(c) Elizabeth has left the Victorians in order to join the Drummers.
(d) Elizabeth has left the Victorians in order to join CryptNet.

14. Madame Ping explains that members of the New Atlantis phyle have what sort of fantasies?
(a) To imagine they are part of a Drummers' ritual.
(b) To attain the Victorian's level of sophistication.
(c) To attain the Victorian's level of power.
(d) To experience the freedom of Thetes.

15. When Carl Hollywood finds Nell near the end of the novel, what is she doing?
(a) Calling on the Queen of the Fists.
(b) Calling on the Queen of the Mouse Army.
(c) Calling on the Queen of the Drummers.
(d) Calling on the Queen of the Seed.

Short Answer Questions

1. After learning from Lord Finkle-McGraw that Hackworth is safe, what does Gwendolyn decide to do?

2. After Nell reads in the Primer that Princess Nell is not really of royal descent, what happens to Nell?

3. In the Primer, Princess Nell learns that several castles are plagued by a problem caused by whom?

4. What does Hackworth realize after watching a theatrical performance on a barge?

5. Who does Carl Hollywood manage to remotely trick while sitting in a teahouse in Shanghai?

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