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

2. What sort of work does Nell want to do in Madame Ping's establishment?
(a) Brew tea.
(b) Perform as a ractor.
(c) Perform as a prostitute.
(d) Write scripts.

3. When Carl Hollywood finds Nell near the end of the novel, what is she doing?
(a) Calling on the Queen of the Mouse Army.
(b) Calling on the Queen of the Seed.
(c) Calling on the Queen of the Drummers.
(d) Calling on the Queen of the Fists.

4. The adults conclude what, after watching the three girls play outside the manor of Elizabeth's grandfather?
(a) Elizabeth uses her knowledge and experience better than Fiona and Nell.
(b) Nell and Elizabeth use their knowledge and experience better than Fiona.
(c) Elizabeth and Fiona use their knowledge and experience better than Nell.
(d) Nell uses her knowledge and experience better than Fiona and Elizabeth.

5. In the Primer, Princess Nell learns that several castles are plagued by a problem caused by whom?
(a) The Duke of Turing.
(b) The Robot Army.
(c) The Mouse Army.
(d) The Black Knight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Carl Hollywood manage to remotely trick while sitting in a teahouse in Shanghai?

2. When Nell sees Colonel Napier falling asleep, what does she decide to do?

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

4. From a park in Vancouver, Hackworth follows a mysterious woman where?

5. For how long was Carl Hollywood away in London, prior to the party in honor of his return?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Peculiar Practices in the Woods," what does Hackworth explain to his daughter regarding the activities of CryptNet?

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

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

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 "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?

10. In "From the Primer, Princess Nell Enters into the Lands of King Coyote," how does Princess Nell lose her last two remaining magical friends?

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