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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how many years does the interlocutor report having been in practice?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 11.
(d) 12.

2. In what year was Stella Maris established?
(a) 1902.
(b) 2020.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1950.

3. How long does the interlocutor report having been divorced?
(a) Three months.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Three years.
(d) Three days.

4. How old is the protagonist upon admission to Stella Maris?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 35.
(d) 20.

5. In which of the following thinkers was the protagonist’s father interested?
(a) Hofstadter.
(b) Gödel.
(c) Turing.
(d) Wittgenstein.

6. Of what religion is the interlocutor’s spouse?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Christian.
(c) Muslim.
(d) Hindu.

7. At what age does the protagonist change her name?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

8. What group did Grothendieck lead?
(a) Rainwater.
(b) Besse.
(c) Bourbaki.
(d) Peck.

9. How old does the interlocutor report being?
(a) 37.
(b) 40.
(c) 46.
(d) 43.

10. With which of the following does III begin?
(a) “Hi. I’m Dr Cohen.”
(b) “Good morning.”
(c) “I thought perhaps you weren’t coming.”
(d) “How are you doing?”

11. To which of the following does the novel compare Oppenheimer?
(a) Newton.
(b) Dirac.
(c) Bohr.
(d) Curie.

12. The novel explains the term “orts” as akin to which of the following?
(a) Cohorts.
(b) Exhorts.
(c) Ports.
(d) Shorts.

13. Which of the following admits the protagonist to Stella Maris?
(a) Dr. Wegner.
(b) Dr. Horowitz.
(c) Dr. Ruth.
(d) Dr. Cohen.

14. How many bathtubs is Los Alamos reported to have?
(a) 8000.
(b) 70.
(c) 600.
(d) 5.

15. In what year did the protagonist’s family move to Wartburg?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1943.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the protagonist’s older brother?

2. To which of the following does the protagonist compare the Manhattan Project?

3. To which of the following does the interlocutor compare the Kid?

4. Which country does the protagonist leave to arrive at Stella Maris?

5. How old is the protagonist when her mother dies?

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