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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author help Rasala build?
(a) A competing version of the Eagle.
(b) A boat.
(c) A porch.
(d) An addition on his house.

2. What computer is the simulator stored on?
(a) Gollum.
(b) The miniNOVA.
(c) Trixie.
(d) Coke.

3. What does de Castro want?
(a) A 32-bit Eclipse with a mode bit.
(b) A 32-MHZ Eclipse capable of streaming video.
(c) A 32-mode Eclipse with the standard 16 bits.
(d) A 32-bit Eclipse and no mode bit.

4. Which company established worldwide hegemony in the computer industry?
(a) Microsoft.
(b) IBM.
(c) Dell.
(d) Apple.

5. What shows that an engineer has rank?
(a) He wears a suit.
(b) He is listened to by de Castro.
(c) He drives a nice car.
(d) His office has a door.

6. Where does West's father work?
(a) Ma Bell.
(b) IBM.
(c) Apple.
(d) AT&T.

7. What is the first programming language that Alsing learns to use?
(a) Basic.
(b) C+.
(c) FORTRAN.
(d) Python.

8. What is Data General's relationship to Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)?
(a) Data General has a wide lead over DEC in market share.
(b) Data General has nothing to do with DEC.
(c) Data General is DEC's son.
(d) Data General was bankrupted by DEC.

9. What does Trixie like to do?
(a) Misbehave.
(b) Anthropomorphize machines.
(c) Play tricks on Woodstock.
(d) Carl.

10. What Star Wars character is Wallach compared to?
(a) Chewbacca.
(b) Darth Vader.
(c) Luke Skywalker.
(d) Han Solo.

11. What type of car does Tom West drive?
(a) A red Saab.
(b) A green Volvo.
(c) A blue Cadillac.
(d) A black Ford.

12. What does West do on his day off?
(a) Look at sailboats.
(b) Play Adventure.
(c) Go hunting.
(d) Sleep.

13. What is one of the most important questions in the computer industry?
(a) How to protect data.
(b) How to transmit data.
(c) How to retrieve data.
(d) How to store data.

14. What does Wallach think of North Carolina?
(a) It sucks.
(b) The food is terrible.
(c) It's not a place to bring up his wife and children.
(d) All of the above.

15. How many jobs depend on the project being successful?
(a) Eight thousand.
(b) Eleven thousand.
(c) Ten thousand.
(d) Five thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. 'There's no such thing as a...'

2. Where do the names Woodstock and Trixie come from?

3. How does Blau's apartment make the author feel?

4. Where is Rasala's family from?

5. What conquers rust?

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