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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the unusual activity occur that Allison observes in Livermore?
(a) At an abandoned military base.
(b) In a warehouse.
(c) Aboard a tanker.
(d) Underground.

3. A scientist at the bioscience lab tells Wili that his illness can be cured by what?
(a) Calcium supplements.
(b) Regular injections of a common drug.
(c) Yeast tablets.
(d) Radiation therapy.

4. Which of the following is one of the chores Wili is assigned to?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Handling deliveries.
(d) Mucking out the stables.

5. What is the entrance to the bioscience lab disguised as?
(a) A wheat field.
(b) A vineyard.
(c) An orchard.
(d) A dairy farm.

6. Where does Angus believe he and Allison have crashed?
(a) Another planet.
(b) Earth, in the past.
(c) Asia.
(d) Central America.

7. Where does Allison think their aircraft crashed?
(a) A factory.
(b) A cemetery.
(c) A schoolyard.
(d) A church.

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

9. What cover does Paul plan to use to conceal his reasons for taking Wili for treatment?
(a) A conference about technology.
(b) A chess tournament.
(c) An alternate identity as a merchant.
(d) A meeting with an old friend.

10. Who does Paul think will be able to help Wili?
(a) The bioscientists.
(b) The gene constructors.
(c) The Alchemists.
(d) The Peace Authority.

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

12. The woman who greets Mike, Wili, and Jeremy at the entrance to the bioscience lab tells them what?
(a) They are not welcome.
(b) She knows what they are up to.
(c) They are too late for the tour.
(d) She knows they were coming.

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

14. What does Wili intend to do when he leaves Paul's house?
(a) Burn it down.
(b) Kill Paul.
(c) Steal the horses.
(d) Steal any valuable items.

15. What does Jeremy's family's business do?
(a) It produces dangerous weapons.
(b) It refurbishes ancient technologies.
(c) It mass-produces food products.
(d) It produces technological items.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many nuclear bombs does the Peace Authority believe it controls?

2. How has Mike been working with the Authority?

3. The pain from Wili's sickness is primarily concentrated where?

4. What position does Miguel Rosas hold?

5. How long does Wili initially intend to stay with Paul?

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