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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What color are word capsules in the world the narrator comes from?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.
2. What does the narrator say is the “emergency exit for humans” (42)?
(a) Violence.
(b) Love.
(c) Departure.
(d) Laughter.
3. What is Newton’s reaction to the narrator’s presence?
(a) He bites him.
(b) He growls in his sleep.
(c) He does not notice him.
(d) He wags his tail and licks him.
4. What does the narrator say human news is about?
(a) Humans.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) War.
(d) Astronomy.
5. What do the hosts say the narrator should not interfere with?
(a) The inevitability of death for Isobel and Gulliver.
(b) The purity of reason.
(c) The mathematical certainty of his mission.
(d) The unavoidable nature of pain and suffering.
6. What is the narrator honest about with Daniel Russell?
(a) His origins.
(b) Andrew Martin’s proof.
(c) The existence of life on other planets.
(d) Andrew Martin’s marriage.
7. What does the narrator say he has for the first time after killing Daniel Russell?
(a) A tear in his eye.
(b) A nightmare.
(c) A personal sentiment.
(d) Remorse.
8. What does the narrator attribute Newton’s newfound liveliness to?
(a) Long walks.
(b) Companionship.
(c) Peanut butter.
(d) Lots of sleep.
9. What does the narrator say makes events important to people?
(a) Their spiritual importance.
(b) Their mathematical importance.
(c) Their proximity to them.
(d) Their distance from them.
10. How does Gulliver characterize the effect the narrator’s arrest for nakedness has had on his life?
(a) It ruined his life.
(b) It made him a celebrity.
(c) It made him a laughing stork.
(d) It made him a curiosity.
11. What does Isobel say about the narrator’s heart?
(a) It does not feel like it is beating.
(b) It feels like it could explode.
(c) It is beating quick and shallow.
(d) It is beating heavily.
12. How old does Isobel tell the narrator Andrew Martin was, psychologically?
(a) 16 years old.
(b) 2 years old.
(c) 12 years old.
(d) 9 years old.
13. Why does the narrator hang up on Andrew Martin’s mother?
(a) Because he is afraid she will see that he is not her son.
(b) Because Isobel comes into the room with a question for him.
(c) Because there are no cosmic consequences if he does.
(d) Because he needs to talk to Gulliver about school.
14. Why does the narrator say he does not like wearing clothes?
(a) They are embarrassing.
(b) They are not geometrical enough.
(c) They chafe.
(d) He prefers glorious nakedness.
15. What question does the narrator asks Isobel, which Isobel says has been a constant for her whole marriage to Andrew Martin?
(a) What’s in it for you?
(b) How will you live without me?
(c) Why do you think I care?
(d) Who’s going to stop me?
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the hosts say will happen if the narrator cannot complete his mission?
2. How does Isobel Martin characterize Andrew Martin’s relationship with Daniel Russell?
3. What is the narrator’s first experience on Earth?
4. What happened to cause Andrew Martin to stop liking his son?
5. What is the narrator’s favorite primer number?
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