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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many people does the narrator expect will see the second event in his life, of which he is proud, compared to the first more shaming moment?
(a) The same number who saw the first.
(b) Less than saw the first.
(c) More than saw the first.
(d) No one.
2. What does Lll do after N'ba N'ga says that he could teach her to live in the water?
(a) She starts to cry.
(b) She laughs and runs off.
(c) She gives N'ba N'ga a kiss.
(d) She immediately jumps in the water.
3. What variables does the narrator use to refer to the two moments in his life that he thinks others must be observing from far-away galaxies?
(a) The variables a and b.
(b) The variables x and y.
(c) The variables pi and phi.
(d) The variables e and c.
4. What example of a detailed bet that he makes does Qfwfq give?
(a) What shape Australia's coastline will take.
(b) Whether the Assyrians will invade Mesopotamia.
(c) Where the Great Pyramids will be located.
(d) How deep the Grand Canyon will be.
5. How does the narrator first interact with a female?
(a) He follows her path.
(b) He fertilizes her eggs.
(c) He dances around her.
(d) He bumps into her.
6. How do the New Ones subsist?
(a) They hunt deer in the woods.
(b) They catch fish from the river.
(c) They gather berries, mushrooms, and vegetables from the woods.
(d) They grow vegetables in gardens.
7. How does the narrator know about females of his species?
(a) Through electric impulses.
(b) Through sounds.
(c) Through smells.
(d) Through vibrations.
8. Why is Lll more agile than Qfwfq?
(a) She is younger than Qfwfq.
(b) She was born on land.
(c) She has run races all her life.
(d) She has a new kind of knee joint.
9. What does one of the spectators at the fight between Zahn and Qfwfq call out?
(a) Run, Dinosaur!
(b) Give it to him, Dinosaur!
(c) Die, Dinosaur!
(d) He's a Dinosaur!
10. Where is a dinosaur body uncovered?
(a) A rock slide.
(b) A melting glacier.
(c) A tar pit.
(d) A cavern.
11. When Ursula H'x begins swaying during her fall, what does Lieutenant Fenimore do?
(a) He looks away.
(b) He begins staring at her, hypnotized.
(c) He begins to imitate her swaying.
(d) He lunges toward her.
12. What does Qfwfq identify as the first numbers to exist?
(a) The numbers i and 0.
(b) The numbers pi and phi.
(c) The numbers 0 and 1.
(d) The numbers e and pi.
13. What does Lll dare Qfwfq to do when they are playing near the water?
(a) Get as close to the water as he can.
(b) Hold his breath under water as long as he can.
(c) Make as big a splash as he can.
(d) Run through the waves as fast as he can.
14. What sign does the narrator read that at first he's happy about, but later is disappointed by?
(a) Hey, fella, good job.
(b) Who's that fantastic fellow?
(c) This guy's pretty swell.
(d) That character's really on the ball.
15. What sign does the narrator finally choose as his response to the first sign?
(a) What of it?
(b) Who cares.
(c) What do you mean?
(d) So what?
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator say the sign "This time I like you." refers to?
2. Which of the following impossible fantasies does the narrator have in his shapeless form?
3. How does the narrator feel about the female he comes to notice?
4. What job does Zahn recommend Qfwfq for, which Qfwfq would rather not do?
5. What bet does Qfwfq make about Signorina Giuseppina Pensotti before she (or humanity at all) yet exists?
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