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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Carl Hollywood meets with Lord Finkle-McGraw after joining which phyle?
(a) The Thetes.
(b) The Ashantis.
(c) The Atlantis phyle.
(d) The Parsi phyle.

3. 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.

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

5. When Miranda and Carl Hollywood meet in a restaurant, what do they discuss?
(a) The technology behind the Primer's interactive features.
(b) The technology behind the Source Victoria.
(c) American film history.
(d) Miranda's future as a ractor.

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

7. After the Drummers take turns with a woman during their ritual, what happens to the woman?
(a) She catches fire and burns to ashes.
(b) She sits in a corner while the men continue their ritual.
(c) She dances, then leaves the area.
(d) She douses the flames and serves drinks to the men.

8. After learning from Lord Finkle-McGraw that Hackworth is safe, what does Gwendolyn decide to do?
(a) Do nothing and continue to wait for Hackworth's return.
(b) Write a letter to Hackworth.
(c) Fly to Vancouver and search for Hackworth.
(d) Tell her daughter that Hackworth is dead.

9. In the Primer, by the time Princess Nell reaches the land of King Coyote, what happened to her two remaining magical friends?
(a) One fled into the woods after a failed mission and the other was killed in battle.
(b) One flew away with another of his kind and the other was killed in battle.
(c) One flew away with another of his kind and the other fled into the woods after a failed mission.
(d) Both flew away with others of their kind.

10. In China, Hackworth meets with Dr. X in what sort of building?
(a) A former WalMart.
(b) A former McDonald's.
(c) The courtroom of Judge Fang.
(d) The Flea Circus of Dr. X.

11. When Carl Hollywood returns to Shanghai for the first time in years, how is he dressed?
(a) As a security guard.
(b) In fine Victorian attire.
(c) As a chef.
(d) As a cowboy.

12. What is the primary goal of CryptNet as explained by Hackworth to Fiona?
(a) Cryptnet wants a new strain of mites to supplant the matter compilers upon which society currently relies.
(b) Cryptnet wants a free flow of data, known as the Feed, to supplant the Seed upon which society currently relies.
(c) Cryptnet wants a free flow of data, known as the Seed, to supplant the Feed upon which society currently relies.
(d) Cryptnet wants a free flow of data, known as the Seed, to supplant the matter compilers upon which society currently relies.

13. After leaving Dr. X to travel to Shanghai, who does Hackworth find himself riding with?
(a) Miranda and Carl Hollywood.
(b) Criminals on bicycles.
(c) Young Chinese women.
(d) Lord Finkle-McGraw.

14. Near the end of the novel, Carl Hollywood receives a message from the government asking him to do what?
(a) Contact Dr. X, leader of the Fists.
(b) Contact Queen Miranda, leader of the Drummers.
(c) Contact Queen Nell, leader of the Mouse Army.
(d) Contact the Drummers and infiltrate their organization.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the men drink ashes at the conclusion of the Drummer ritual?

2. In the Primer, how many castles must Princess Nell visit to recover what was stolen from her by the crow?

3. When a grown-up Nell visits Harv in the Leased Territories, in what condition does she find him?

4. In "General Description of Life with the Constable," what lesson does Constable Moore teach Nell?

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

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