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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: Chapters Thirteen and Fourteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Two, why does Mr. Baker eat salad for lunch?
(a) Vegetables are his favorite kind of food.
(b) He is a vegetarian.
(c) He is worried about his weight.
(d) There is nothing else at the DICOMY cafeteria.

2. What kind of being is Theodore?
(a) Gnome.
(b) Wyvern.
(c) Forest sprite.
(d) Shapeshifter.

3. What is Linus Barker's job title?
(a) Regulator.
(b) Investigator.
(c) Supervisor.
(d) Caseworker.

4. In Chapter Twelve, what does Arthur reveal that he knows about?
(a) Why DICOMY chose Linus.
(b) The rafts Zoe found.
(c) Linus's feelings for him.
(d) The contents of Linus's reports.

5. During the "Expressing Yourself" part of their lessons, Lucy makes a speech about ending the world in "pestilence and plague" (130). What is Arthur's criticism of this?
(a) It is cruel.
(b) It is repetitive.
(c) It is childish.
(d) It is unrealistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Twelve, Arthur says that he prefers "bluntness to obfuscation" (226). What does this mean he likes?

2. When the receptionist in Chapter Three does not introduce herself, what nickname does Linus give her in his own head?

3. What does Ms. Chapelwhite tell Linus to do while he waits for her to pick him up at the train station?

4. In Chapter Eleven, what item of Linus's does Calliope run away with?

5. When combined with the information in the file on Arthur, Linus's remark in his report that Arthur has some "uncanny" abilities hints at what about Arthur (129)?

(see the answer key)

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