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

2. 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.

3. Dr. X tells Hackworth that his years with the Drummers served what purpose?
(a) To keep Hackworth from disabling the Primer.
(b) To prevent Judge Fang from executing Hackworth for his crimes.
(c) To integrate Hackworth's technical knowledge with the rest of the Drummers.
(d) To distract Lord Finkle-McGraw from Dr. X's other activities.

4. After Hackworth crawls back through the underwater tunnels to the shore, what clues indicate the passage of time?
(a) His mechanical horse has moss on it and his hair is greyer.
(b) His mechanical horse has moss on it and he is balding.
(c) His mechanical horse has rusted and he is balding.
(d) His mechanical horse has rusted and his hair is greyer.

5. For how long was Carl Hollywood away in London, prior to the party in honor of his return?
(a) Two months.
(b) A month.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) A week.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a grown-up Nell visits Harv in the Leased Territories, what does he ask her to do?

2. On what day of the week does Miss Stricken require girls to copy pages of historical documents?

3. When Miranda and Carl Hollywood meet in a restaurant, what do they discuss?

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

5. In what way, other than academically, does Nell's time at the Academy expand her personality?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In "Miranda Receives an Unusual Ractive Message," what scheme does she enter into?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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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