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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role does Marx play as Sam and Sadie begin work on their first game together?
(a) Benedick.
(b) Titus Andronicus.
(c) Orsino.
(d) Coriolanus.

2. How old is Sam’s mother when he is born?
(a) 32.
(b) 26.
(c) 29.
(d) 23.

3. Who is the focal character of the second game Sam and Sadie make together?
(a) Yumi.
(b) Noriko.
(c) Sakura.
(d) Hanami.

4. What is the name of Dov’s famous game?
(a) Dead Sea.
(b) Endless Sea.
(c) Winter.
(d) Deadlands.

5. Who is the first playtester for Mapletown?
(a) Ant.
(b) Sadie.
(c) Simon.
(d) Marx.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month does the novel begin?

2. What role had Marx played in Hamlet?

3. As which of the following does Dov refer to his son?

4. Onto which of the following consoles is Sam and Sadie’s first game ported?

5. At which school do Simon and Ant study?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sam dislike sex?

2. What two core beliefs does Sam identify in his grandfather (97)?

3. What is the main critique Sam has of the first of Sadie’s games that he plays?

4. What is Sadie obliged to give up while Alice is in the hospital?

5. What occasions the death of one of Sadie’s high school friends?

6. Why does Sam urge Sadie to accept the publication offer on the first game they make together?

7. Why does Sadie not want Alice to meet Sam?

8. How does Marx convince Sadie and Sam to relocate?

9. Why does Sadie prefer Sam as a creative partner to the idea of Sam as a lover?

10. Why does Sadie initially balk at Marx’s involvement in the development of her first game with Sam?

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