2. What aspect of bobbles contributes to the artificial ecosystem around them?
(a) They disturbances they create in the soil.
(b) The vibrations that they cause.
(c) The sunlight they reflect.
(d) They electromagnetic waves they emit.

3. When she is first introduced, where had Della Lu recently returned from?
(a) Mongolia.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Ethiopia.
(d) Estonia.

4. What was the main role of the group that Jeremy's grandfather was a part of?
(a) Counter-intelligence.
(b) Combat.
(c) Reconnaissance.
(d) Sabotage.

5. What game does Paul ask Mike to play with him?
(a) Chess.
(b) Backgammon.
(c) Poker.
(d) Checkers.

6. What does Angus say was unusual about the tombstone he saw at the crash site?
(a) It had Allison's name on it.
(b) The name was written in an ancient language.
(c) It had no name on it.
(d) It had Angus's name on it.

7. 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) Placing him with a local family.
(d) Sending him back to the factions.

8. The people who gather at the Old California Shopping Center refer to themselves as what?
(a) Hackers.
(b) Techs.
(c) Tinkers.
(d) Splicers.

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

10. Wili claims his sickness gets worse when?
(a) In the summer.
(b) In the winter.
(c) When he is away from home.
(d) When he is overworked.

11. Why does Wili believe he will be killed if he returns to the factions?
(a) He would no longer know the latest passwords.
(b) He might have been corrupted by outside ideas.
(c) He might have shared their secrets.
(d) He would be seen as a traitor.

12. Della explains that the Authority believes the Tinkers have achieved what advanced technology?
(a) Space travel.
(b) Flight.
(c) Time travel.
(d) Teleportation.

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

14. What does Della threaten Mike with, should he fail to cooperate with her?
(a) She will arrest both he and Wili.
(b) She will have his hometown bobbled.
(c) She will have his family executed.
(d) She will tell everyone that he's been spying for the Authority for years.

15. What is Wili's assessment of his intellectual progress?
(a) He has no opinion about it.
(b) He is overconfident in it.
(c) He is despondent over it.
(d) He is frustrated with it.