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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. On whose does Sadie’s London game center?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Marlowe.
(c) Kyd.
(d) Jonson.

2. What is the name of the bookstore Emily opens?
(a) Paige Turner’s.
(b) Amity Pages.
(c) Friendship Books.
(d) Friendship Books.

3. What is the name of the receptionist at Sadie, Sam, and Marx’s office?
(a) Josh.
(b) Jordan.
(c) Gordon.
(d) Greg.

4. As which of the following do Sadie and Marx refer to the child she carries?
(a) Neopet.
(b) Pokemon.
(c) Tamagotchi.
(d) Digimon.

5. With which of the following does the main text of the novel end?
(a) “This time, you keep flying.”
(b) “But he that sows lies in the end shall not lack of a harvest, and soon he may rest from toil indeed, while others reap and sow in his stead.”
(c) “He would know her handwriting anywhere.”
(d) “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of hat does Sam tend to wear?

2. One of the intruders into Marx’s office is named which of the following?

3. What kind of vine grows at the house Sadie and Marx buy?

4. On which street in New York did Sam once live?

5. What is the title of Sadie’s London game?

Short Essay Questions

1. What scene confronts Sam when he returns to his office after the shooting?

2. Why does Ant express a preference for working on digital worlds?

3. To what is the initial success of Mapleworld ascribed?

4. Why does Marx hesitate to tell Sam of his romance with Sadie?

5. What joke does Marx make about the title of his memoir?

6. Why does Emily give her neighbors rocks?

7. What does Zevin note as of interest about her novel’s typeface?

8. How does the novel define “Boho” in terms of real estate (266)?

9. Why does Marx value the end of The Iliad?

10. How does the novel define the term NPC?

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