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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Ana Alvarado’s first job?
(a) Zookeeper.
(b) Painter.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Therapist.

2. What is the name of the wife in Bashaarat’s second tale?
(a) Taahira.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Najya.
(d) Raniya.

3. To what does the narrator of "What's Expected of Us" compare the end state of many Predictor users?
(a) To a cognitive plague.
(b) To a rational epidemic.
(c) To an intelligent scourge.
(d) To a logical contagion.

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

5. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what is compatible with determinism?
(a) Every form of human ingenuity.
(b) Every form of human motivation.
(c) Every form of human behavior.
(d) Every form of human emotion.

6. Which representative from Binary Desire pitches a deal to the digient owners at the start of Chapter 8 in "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
(a) Jennifer Chum.
(b) Jennifer Chase.
(c) Jennifer Crest.
(d) Jennifer Crews.

7. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," every breath they take contributes to what?
(a) Instability.
(b) Agitation.
(c) Equilibrium.
(d) Imbalance.

8. Where is Bashaarat’s first store located?
(a) Giza.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) Luxor.

9. With which two digients does Derek often spend time?
(a) Lief and Erikson.
(b) Daniel and Boone.
(c) Ferdinand and Magellan.
(d) Marco and Polo.

10. To whom is Fuwaad addressing his tale, "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate"?
(a) The Caliph of Mosul.
(b) The Caliph of Ramadi.
(c) The Caliph of Baghdad.
(d) The Caliph of Basrah.

11. 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 experience a life of possibility.
(c) They throw the Predictor against a wall.
(d) They use the Predictor to become wealthy.

12. How does Jeremy Brauer describe digients in Chapter 9 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
(a) As deal makers.
(b) As deal breakers.
(c) As deal shakers.
(d) As deal creators.

13. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what is the reservoir of air that exists underground?
(a) The great heart of the world.
(b) The great lung of the world.
(c) The great stomach of the world.
(d) The great brain of the world.

14. While performing his risky experiment, how long does the narrator of "Exhalation" plan to work uninterrupted?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 3 days.

15. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what exists inside their arms?
(a) Gears and trains.
(b) Splines and fasteners.
(c) Axles and bearings.
(d) Rods and pistons.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 8 in "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," Ana argues that what must happen before they can decide what to do about Binary Desire?

2. What irregularity occurs on the first day of the year in "Exhalation"?

3. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what is one mystery they have never solved?

4. What company offers Ana a job after the merger "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

5. Ana is horrified when she discovers people have hacked the digients in order to do what?

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