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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Paul pass out while trying to help Allison escape capture?
(a) He overexerts himself.
(b) He hits his head on a rock.
(c) He has a seizure.
(d) He is struck by a stun gun.

2. What happened to Vandenburg?
(a) It was completely bobbled.
(b) It was wracked by plague.
(c) It was deserted for unknown reasons.
(d) It was destroyed by a nuclear blast.

3. What does Mike tell Wili to do in his last match?
(a) Lose.
(b) Win only by a small margin.
(c) Take his time.
(d) Watch his opponent carefully.

4. What branch of the armed services is Allison Parker a part of?
(a) The Air Force.
(b) The Navy.
(c) The Army.
(d) The Marines.

5. Wili notes that a nearby bobble contains what?
(a) A radically different climate.
(b) A farm.
(c) An entire city.
(d) A wrecked plane.

6. Hamilton Avery explains that what area was destroyed by the detonation of a bobble?
(a) Greater Tucson.
(b) The Californian shelf.
(c) Metropolitan Los Angeles.
(d) The Oregon range.

7. What did the group that Jeremy's grandfather was a part of come to deal with?
(a) The first bobbles.
(b) The destabilization of the United States.
(c) An enemy spy.
(d) A secret weapon development plant.

8. It is believed that bobbles last for how long?
(a) A hundred years.
(b) Indefinitely.
(c) A thousand years.
(d) Ten years.

9. What course of action regarding Wili Wachendon do Paul and Sheriff Wentz decide against?
(a) Putting him in school.
(b) Forcing him to work off his debt.
(c) Sending him back to the factions.
(d) Placing him with a local family.

10. What does Mike think about Wili's illness?
(a) He will recover quickly without further aid.
(b) He will eventually die of it, regardless of care.
(c) He is exaggerating it.
(d) He is near death.

11. What is the outcome of the match between Wili and Della Lu?
(a) Wili wins by checkmate.
(b) The match is a draw.
(c) Della Lu wins by checkmate.
(d) Della Lu unexpectedly concedes.

12. What evidence causes the Authority to suspect the Tinkers possess an advanced technology?
(a) Observation of Paul's home.
(b) The collapse of the first bobbles.
(c) The Tinker's ability to move and coordinate quickly.
(d) Allison's crashed aircraft.

13. What does Wili lack that most of the other chess players have?
(a) Mental implants.
(b) Formal training.
(c) A computerized aid.
(d) A registration code.

14. Paul tells Wili that two moving points of light in the sky are what?
(a) Aircraft.
(b) Satellites.
(c) Missiles.
(d) Space stations.

15. What type of transportation do most of the people at the Old California Shopping Center use?
(a) Solar-powered vehicles.
(b) Motorcycles.
(c) Horses and wagons.
(d) Primitive automobiles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul use for transportation?

2. What is Paul as known as?

3. What does Paul try to convince Jeremy's grandfather of?

4. What does Paul disguise himself as when he leaves the Kaladze area?

5. How does Paul think he has exacerbated Wili's sickness?

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