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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Dhatt's wife?
(a) Yaliah.
(b) Yalah.
(c) Yallya.
(d) Yulia.

2. As soon as Borlú opens fire on the shooter, what happens?
(a) The police arrest him.
(b) The shooter returns fire.
(c) His phone rings.
(d) Breach takes him.

3. When Bowden approaches Borlú at Copula Hall, what does he have in his hand?
(a) A copy of his book.
(b) A precursor tool taken from the dig.
(c) A visa.
(d) A gun.

4. According to Rodriguez, Geary had made contact with what?
(a) A publisher.
(b) Orciny.
(c) The Oversight Committee.
(d) Breach.

5. At the end of the novel, what has Borlú become?
(a) An agent of Orciny.
(b) An Ul Qoman detective.
(c) An avatar of Breach.
(d) A member of the Oversight Committee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Borlú think about Geary's academic work?

2. Borlú discovers that Geary locked up the same days as when which person attended the events?

3. How does David Bowden feel about Geary's murder?

4. What is the name of the sniper who killed Rodriguez?

5. What had happened to Bowden a few weeks before Geary's murder?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Borlú fire at a man? What happens when he does?

2. What does Ashil believe about the origin of the accident? What does Borlú believe about it?

3. Who killed Geary and why?

4. What crime has Borlú committed? How did he commit this act?

5. Who is Yallya? What part does she play in the investigation?

6. What information does Rodriguez give Borlú regarding Geary?

7. What does Rodriguez believe about Orciny?

8. Who is Yorjavic? What does Borlú learn about him?

9. Who is Buidze? What information does Borlú get from Buidze about the victim?

10. What happened to Yolanda Rodriguez? How does Borlú discover this fact?

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