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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “What’s Expected of Us”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," how do some people ultimately react to the Predictor?
(a) They stop engaging in spontaneous action.
(b) They throw the Predictor against a wall.
(c) They use the Predictor to become wealthy.
(d) They experience a life of possibility.

2. According to Bashaarat on page 12, why did Hassan’s older self not spare him from all misfortune?
(a) To allow his younger self the experience of discovery.
(b) To allow his younger self the experience of passion.
(c) To allow his younger self the experience of fear.
(d) To allow his younger self the experience of joy.

3. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what happens at first when someone gets a Predictor?
(a) They find themselves unable to sleep.
(b) They learn how to outwit it.
(c) They play with it compulsively.
(d) They find it boring and forget about it.

4. What was the name of Fuwaad’s wife?
(a) Amira.
(b) Taahira.
(c) Najya.
(d) Raniya.

5. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what will follow this warning?
(a) A new invention.
(b) Proof of free will.
(c) Warnings addressing other issues.
(d) A powerful new theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what is the reservoir of air that exists underground?

2. What is the name of the first story Bashaarat tells Fuwaad?

3. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what does the inscription hypothesis fail to explain?

4. In Bashaarat’s second tale, what shocked the young weaver about his future self?

5. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what happens to the brain if it breached?

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