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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Qfwfq discover when he goes to spy out the reported dinosaurs?
(a) They are ostriches.
(b) They are rhinoceroses.
(c) They are hippopotamuses.
(d) They are aligators.

2. What sign does the narrator see, when he looks up in anticipation of a reaction to the second event, of which he is proud?
(a) I missed it.
(b) Not at home.
(c) Oh, well.
(d) Tra-la-la-la.

3. What bet does Qfwfq make about Signorina Giuseppina Pensotti before she (or humanity at all) yet exists?
(a) How many children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren she will have.
(b) What exact date she will die.
(c) How many footsteps she will take in her lifetime.
(d) Whether she turns right or left on a specific day, coming out of her house.

4. How do the New Ones subsist?
(a) They hunt deer in the woods.
(b) They grow vegetables in gardens.
(c) They gather berries, mushrooms, and vegetables from the woods.
(d) They catch fish from the river.

5. What swarm of insects does the narrator describe flying through the air in the second part of the story, in the railway embankment scene?
(a) Flies.
(b) Bees.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Mosquitoes.

6. When Ursula H'x begins swaying during her fall, what does Lieutenant Fenimore do?
(a) He begins staring at her, hypnotized.
(b) He begins to imitate her swaying.
(c) He looks away.
(d) He lunges toward her.

7. What is the second sign the narrator sees, when he is looking for reactions to his magnanimous and generous actions?
(a) You have forgotten your gloves.
(b) You have a shoe untied.
(c) You have a hole in your sock.
(d) You have a flannel undershirt.

8. How does the narrator first interact with a female?
(a) He follows her path.
(b) He bumps into her.
(c) He fertilizes her eggs.
(d) He dances around her.

9. Why is Lll more agile than Qfwfq?
(a) She has run races all her life.
(b) She is younger than Qfwfq.
(c) She was born on land.
(d) She has a new kind of knee joint.

10. What weapon does Lieutenant Fenimore use against the narrator?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A baton.
(c) A sword.
(d) A dart.

11. What does the narrator anticipate with relief at the end of "The Light-Years"?
(a) A time when the galaxies all contract back together and he can communnicate more quickly.
(b) A way finally emerging that he can communicate more fully across space, to make his situation clear.
(c) All the galaxies moving so far away that he can't communicate with them or change their opinions.
(d) The results of a final judgment on him from one central galaxy.

12. How does the narrator feel about the female he comes to notice?
(a) He is irritated by her.
(b) He loves her.
(c) He hates her.
(d) He doesn't care about her.

13. For how long does Qfwfq say he was a dinosaur?
(a) About eighty million years.
(b) About fifty million years.
(c) About a hundred million years.
(d) About thirty million years.

14. How does Qfwfq feel about N'ba N'ga?
(a) Qfwfq is afraid of N'ba N'ga.
(b) Qfwfq is embarrassed by N'ba N'ga.
(c) Qfwfq is jealous of N'ba N'ga's watery home.
(d) Qfwfq loves N'ba N'ga.

15. How often does the whole family visit N'ba N'ga to get his advice?
(a) Once a year.
(b) Once a month.
(c) Once a century.
(d) Once a decade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Qfwfq think of N'ba N'ga's way of speaking?

2. What does Lll dare Qfwfq to do when they are playing near the water?

3. What things do Qfwfq and Dean (k)yK lack at first that makes betting difficult?

4. What begins to happen to Qfwfq and Dean (k)yK's bets after humanity appears on the scene?

5. How does Dean (k)yK try to back out of the bet that there will be atoms?

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