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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were all the werewolves in the old days in "Update on Werewolves"?
(a) Sad.
(b) Angry.
(c) Tired.
(d) Male.

2. What is one thing that has been done with old plastics in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) Turning it into oil.
(b) Turning it into rock.
(c) Turning it into solar energy.
(d) Turning it into medicine.

3. What does the speaker say humans are in "Fatal Light Awareness"?
(a) A dying symphony.
(b) A miracle.
(c) A curse.
(d) A lost cause.

4. What does the editor suggest letting people do in "Editorial Notes"?
(a) Come to their own conclusions.
(b) Buy their own books.
(c) Use the library more.
(d) Eat dinner whenever they want.

5. What do the ravens understand in "This Fjord Looks Like a Lake"?
(a) The march of time.
(b) How to heal the sick.
(c) How fickle humans are.
(d) Waned flesh.

6. What is the hard part in "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?
(a) Finding money.
(b) Finding the sorcerer again.
(c) Getting the right books.
(d) Getting the machine to stop.

7. What crashes into the speaker's window in "Fatal Light Awareness"?
(a) A deer.
(b) A lion.
(c) A skunk.
(d) A thrush.

8. What do plastics make lighter for carrying water in "The Bright Side"?
(a) Buckets.
(b) Glasses.
(c) Container ships.
(d) Umbrellas.

9. What do women not say on this side of the table in "At the Translation Conference"?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Never.
(d) Maybe.

10. What happens when the gods frown in "The Twilight of the Gods"?
(a) The days are longer.
(b) Humans lose knowledge.
(c) Humans get sick.
(d) The weather is bad.

11. How can one tell a wolf's mood in "Short Takes on Wolves"?
(a) By their growls.
(b) By the direction of their ears.
(c) By their fur.
(d) By their eyes.

12. What does the plastic "rock" look like in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) Purple and striated.
(b) Blue and yellow.
(c) Black and striped and slippery.
(d) Red.

13. What is the defining foliage of the oil age in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Twigs.
(c) Rock.
(d) Plastic.

14. What do the new werewolves sing as they run through the world?
(a) Freedom and power!
(b) Find me now!
(c) Wind and rain!
(d) Belle dame!

15. What is happening to the world in "Aflame"?
(a) It is getting destroyed by microbes.
(b) It is drowning.
(c) It is burning up.
(d) It is hurtling off of orbit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in Part IV of "The Aliens Arrive"?

2. Where does the spider really like to be in the house in "Spider Signatures"?

3. What is already dissolving in the shore water in "Heart of the Arctic"?

4. What do the ravens ask the people in "This Fjord Looks Like a Lake"?

5. What season is it in "Walking in the Madman's Wood"?

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