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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. After Hackworth awakens from his dreams and crawls through the tunnels, what does he find?
(a) A woman.
(b) His horse, Eggshell.
(c) Gwendolyn.
(d) His horse, Kidnapper.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason for Miss Stricken's highly repetitive and useless tasks at the Academy?

2. Where does Brad's friend take Nell and Harv so they can wait for Brad?

3. What, according to Dr. X, caused the destruction of Chinese society prior to the time of this novel?

4. As Nell nears the end of the Primer, what does she wonder?

5. Near the end of the novel, Carl Hollywood receives a message from the government asking him to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Nell's Life at Dovetail," why is Nell not allowed to live with the other girls at Miss Matheson's Academy of the Three Graces?

2. In "Hackworth Awakes from a Dream," after waking from his dream of multiple sexual encounters and traveling back through the underwater tunnels, what clues does Hackworth find to indicate the passage of time?

3. In the final scene of the novel when Nell rescues Miranda from the Drummers, how are various subplots tied together into one cohesive whole?

4. In "Three Girls Go Exploring," what is Gwendolyn's emotional state when she learns that Hackworth is not in any danger?

5. In "Carl Hollywood's Hack," how do Carl Hollywood's activities in a teahouse begin to tie together the various main characters and plots in the novel?

6. "From the Primer, Princess Nell's Ride to the Castle of King Coyote" contains what fantastical event that foreshadows future happenings in the novel?

7. Part Two of the novel opens with what sort of bizarre ritual?

8. In "Carl Hollywood's Activities at the Parnasse," why is Miranda so interested in the technical aspects of the Primer's interactive features?

9. In "General Description of Life with the Constable," why does Constable Moore relive his past experiences through mediatrons?

10. In "Carl Hollywood Returns from Abroad," when Miranda admits to Carl Hollywood that she thinks of Nell as a daughter, what reaction does Carl Hollywood have?

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