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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. 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) Tell her daughter that Hackworth is dead.
(d) Fly to Vancouver and search for Hackworth.

2. Before Nell leaves Constable Moore and Dovetail, who does he advise her to be on the lookout for?
(a) Doctor X.
(b) Hackworth.
(c) The Fist of Righteous Harmony.
(d) The Victorians.

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

4. After being released from his dream-like prison, what does Hackworth realize about the Drummers?
(a) The Drummers use sex to exchange molecules of data.
(b) The Drummers use poetry to exchange musical theories.
(c) The Drummers use sex to exchange biological imprints.
(d) The Drummers use music to exchange molecules of data.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Rita's horse?

3. When Carl Hollywood finds Nell near the end of the novel, what is she doing?

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

5. How many floating orphanages are under the control of Dr. X?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "Carl Hollywood Returns to Shanghai," what is the significance of his efforts to connect Miranda to the other information he has gathered?

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

4. In "The Hackworths Have a Family Reunion," at the end of the tense meeting between Hackworth and Gwendolyn, what important event occurs?

5. In "Carl Hollywood Takes the Oath," why is he allowed to join the elite Atlantis phyle and gain acceptance from Lord Finkle-McGraw?

6. 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?

7. In "A New Friend," what does the red-headed woman explain to Nell and Harv about the activities of the citizens of Dovetail?

8. In "Nell Goes to Madame Ping's Theatre," what brings Nell to the conclusion that the wall between reality and fiction is fragile?

9. What are the three Graces taught at the Academy, and which Grace gives the students the most trouble?

10. 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?

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