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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. When Hackworth leaves his ex-wife and daughter, what does his daughter do?
(a) She tells Gwendolyn that she and Hackworth should remarry.
(b) She runs to her room and cries.
(c) She jumps on his mechanical horse and leaves with him.
(d) She communicates her feelings for Hackworth through her Primer.

2. Why does Brad hint that Harv must leave Dovetail?
(a) Brad is old enough to fend for himself.
(b) The community cannot afford the risk of harboring a criminal.
(c) The community has no jobs suitable for Harv.
(d) Brad does not like Harv.

3. What is the name of Rita's horse?
(a) Victoria.
(b) Gwendolyn.
(c) Kidnapper.
(d) Eggshell.

4. In the Primer, how many castles must Princess Nell visit to recover what was stolen from her by the crow?
(a) Seven.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Ten.
(d) Three.

5. When Carl Hollywood visits a teahouse in Shanghai, he writes a paper in an effort to contact whom?
(a) Beck.
(b) Miranda.
(c) Hackworth.
(d) Dr. X.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Near the end of the novel, Carl Hollywood receives a message from the government asking him to do what?

4. Before Nell leaves Constable Moore and Dovetail, who does he advise her to be on the lookout for?

5. In China, Hackworth meets with Dr. X in what sort of building?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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