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

2. In the Primer, how does Princess Nell defeat King Coyote?
(a) She gives Wizard 3.1 a message with a programming error.
(b) She gives Wizard 3.1 a message to destroy the King.
(c) She gives the King a message that Wizard 2.0 has programming errors.
(d) She gives Wizard 2.0 a message with a programming error.

3. After Nell reads in the Primer that Princess Nell is not really of royal descent, what happens to Nell?
(a) She is hailed as Queen by her soldiers, then kidnapped and tortured by the Victorians.
(b) She is hailed as Queen by her soldiers, then kidnapped and tortured by the Fists.
(c) She is kidnapped and tortured by girls friendly to Cryptnet, then rescued by her soldiers who hail her as Queen.
(d) She is kidnapped and tortured by girls friendly to the Fists, then rescued by her soldiers who hail her as Queen.

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 On what day of the week does Miss Stricken require girls to copy pages of historical documents?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

5. 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) To teach patience and obedience.
(c) She takes joy from punishing the students.
(d) To teach good penmanship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color hair does Brad's female friend have?

2. Carl Hollywood meets with Lord Finkle-McGraw after joining which phyle?

3. Sitting in a teahouse, what does Carl Hollywood realize the Drummers are using to decipher codes?

4. In the Primer, what do Princess Nell and her friends do in the castle of King Magpie?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When Nell is called to Mrs. Matheson's deathbed in "From the Primer, a Visit to Castle Turing," what does the woman say to Nell that seems to foreshadow future events?

2. In "From the Primer, Princess Nell Crosses the Trail of the Enigmatic Mouse Army," when grown-up Nell visits her ailing brother, Harv, what message does he share with her?

3. In "Hackworth in China," what is ironic about the revelations that Dr. X makes to Hackworth?

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

5. In "The Hackworths in Transit, and in London," what surreal event do Hackworth and Fiona encounter on a barge, and how do their lives change as a result?

6. 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?

7. In "Hackworth in China," what does Dr. X see as the destruction of Chinese society in the novel?

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

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

10. In "Hackworth Receives an Ambiguous Message," after Hackworth finds a message telling him to seek the Alchemist, what unusual event occurs?

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