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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 watches the three girls with Primers play outside the manor of Elizabeth's grandfather?
(a) Dr. X and Gwendolyn.
(b) Lord Finkle-McGraw and Judge Fang.
(c) Lord Finkle-McGraw and Gwendolyn.
(d) Lord Finkle-McGraw, Judge Fang, and Gwendolyn.

2. When a grown-up Nell visits Harv in the Leased Territories, in what condition does she find him?
(a) Harv's forehead is linked to a matter compiler due to a bad experience at a mod parlor.
(b) Harv breathes through a tube linked to a matter compiler due to respiratory problems.
(c) Harv is linked to a matter compiler that regulates his heartbeat due to heart problems.
(d) Harv breathes through a tube linked to a matter compiler due to ingesting too much food made of mites.

3. Riding around Vancouver, what does Hackworth find in a compartment of his mechanical horse?
(a) Mites.
(b) Fortune cookies.
(c) Surveillance equipment.
(d) Sandwiches.

4. From Seattle, to what city do Hackworth and Fiona travel?
(a) Vancouver.
(b) Shanghai.
(c) Atlantis/Shanghai.
(d) London.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the three important principles taught in the Academy?

2. Early in Part Two of the novel, who does Miranda wish to find?

3. After Princess Nell outwits King Coyote, what does the Primer predict for Nell's future?

4. Describe the woman at the center of the Drummer ritual.

5. In the Primer, in the land of king Coyote, what does a crow steal from Princess Nell?

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'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's Activities as Duchess of Turing," how does Princess Nell become the Duchess of Turing?

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

5. In "Orphans of the Han...," what does Judge Fang observe when he gives a young Han girl a copy of the Primer?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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