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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does "Mind’s Eye" begin?
(a) “I leapt out of bed at 5:16 a.m.”
(b) “I sat alone and watched the stars and dreamed of Diego.”
(c) “Mom let me stay home from school on Monday but refused to allow me to skip Tuesday.”
(d) “It’s unveiled at the Commercial Electronics Show in Las Vegas.”

2. How much of the universe is thought to be in dark matter, per the novel?
(a) 30%.
(b) 27%.
(c) 24%.
(d) 33%.

3. With which of the following does "5 December 2015" begin?
(a) “If I weighed 146 pounds and Diego weighed 162 pounds, and the distance separating us was fractionally nothing, then the gravitational force between our noncelestial bodies was approximately equal to three times the force a seat belt applies to a restrained passenger in a vehicle traveling at sixty-three miles per hour when it collides with a stationary object.”
(b) “When scientists at NASA first observe the sun dimming, a small division is funded to study the phenomenon.”
(c) “Audrey’s bedroom hadn’t changed much in the year since I’d seen it last.”
(d) “An object must travel at approximately 11.2 kilometers per second to break free of Earth’s gravity.”

4. With which of the following does "10 November 2015" begin?
(a) “Life isn’t fair.”
(b) “Lunch raged around us.”
(c) “CURRENT DATE IS FRI, 29-01-2016.”
(d) “Mathematics rules the universe.”

5. With which of the following does "30 November 2015" begin?
(a) “Mom let me stay home from school on Monday but refused to allow me to skip Tuesday.”
(b) “Mathematics rules the universe.”
(c) “I sat alone and watched the stars and dreamed of Diego.”
(d) “I leapt out of bed at 5:16 a.m.”

6. Whom of the following is an inventor of Mind’s Eye?
(a) Cooper Haye.
(b) Archer Trey.
(c) Taylor Bray.
(d) Skyler Gray.

7. With which of the following does "18 December 2015" begin?
(a) “The first time I visited Nana at the nursing home I expected to find her alone in a dreary room.”
(b) “If I weighed 146 pounds and Diego weighed 162 pounds, and the distance separating us was fractionally nothing, then the gravitational force between our noncelestial bodies was approximately equal to three times the force a seat belt applies to a restrained passenger in a vehicle traveling at sixty-three miles per hour when it collides with a stationary object.”
(c) “An object must travel at approximately 11.2 kilometers per second to break free of Earth’s gravity.”
(d) “When scientists at NASA first observe the sun dimming, a small division is funded to study the phenomenon.”

8. What does Henry compare his belly button to?
(a) Veryovkina Cave.
(b) Krubera Cave.
(c) Snezhnaja Cave.
(d) Sarma Cave.

9. What was Nana’s first car?
(a) Pontiac Tempest.
(b) Ford Falcon.
(c) Plymouth Valiant.
(d) Chevy Corvair.

10. Who joins Nana at the keyboard?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Henry.
(c) Zooey.
(d) Eleanor.

11. With which of the following does "4 November 2015" begin?
(a) “Life isn’t fair.”
(b) “Mathematics rules the universe.”
(c) “I leapt out of bed at 5:16 a.m.”
(d) “CURRENT DATE IS FRI, 29-01-2016.”

12. What name does Audrey’s dog answer to?
(a) Plath.
(b) Porter.
(c) Welty.
(d) Woolf.

13. Which of the following movies do the Dentons watch on Thanksgiving?
(a) Runaway Gamma-Rays.
(b) Crack in the World.
(c) Alive.
(d) Backdraft.

14. With which of the following does "28 December 2015" begin?
(a) “I wish I could say that it was my idea, but that honor belonged to Jesse Franklin.”
(b) “Mom decided to celebrate New Year’s Eve with her girlfriends at the Hard Rock Casino.”
(c) “Audrey’s bedroom hadn’t changed much in the year since I’d seen it last.”
(d) “An object must travel at approximately 11.2 kilometers per second to break free of Earth’s gravity.”

15. In what year is the plight of bees first noticed?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1994.
(c) 2006.
(d) 2012.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry give his mother for Christmas?

2. With which of the following does "25 December 2015" begin?

3. Which of the following had Nana told Audrey to call her?

4. With which of the following does "CTRL-ALT-DELETE" begin?

5. What diagnosis does Henry have?

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