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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. In the Primer, why does Princess Nell return to the Dark Castle after outwitting King Coyote?
(a) To find her magical friends.
(b) To rescue Harv.
(c) To defeat the twelfth King.
(d) To dig a grave for her dead brother.

2. Early in Part Two of the novel, who does Miranda wish to find?
(a) Her "sister," Nell.
(b) Dr. X.
(c) Her "daughter," Nell.
(d) Hackworth.

3. What does the Fist of Righteous Harmony try to do in the Pudong suburb?
(a) Recruit new members.
(b) Destroy Cryptnet.
(c) Burn the Feed lines that crisscross the city.
(d) Burn the Seed lines that crisscross the city.

4. Dr. X tells Hackworth that his years with the Drummers served what purpose?
(a) To keep Hackworth from disabling the Primer.
(b) To integrate Hackworth's technical knowledge with the rest of the Drummers.
(c) To distract Lord Finkle-McGraw from Dr. X's other activities.
(d) To prevent Judge Fang from executing Hackworth for his crimes.

5. On her deathbed, what does Mrs. Matheson say to Nell?
(a) Nell is destined to stay at the Academy and she must destroy the Primer.
(b) Nell is destined to become great and she has a secret protector.
(c) Nell is destined to stay at the Academy and she has a secret protector.
(d) Nell is destined to become great and Constable Moore is her secret protector.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rescues Carl Hollywood from the Fist of Righteous Harmony?

2. In "General Description of Life with the Constable," what lesson does Constable Moore teach Nell?

3. When a grown-up Nell visits Harv in the Leased Territories, in what condition does she find him?

4. Who does Carl Hollywood manage to remotely trick while sitting in a teahouse in Shanghai?

5. What color hair does Brad's female friend have?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Three Girls Go Exploring," what is Gwendolyn's emotional state when she learns that Hackworth is not in any danger?

2. In "Nell's Passage Through Pudong," when Nell seeks employment at the brothel of Madame Ping, what sort of service does she hope to perform?

3. In "Peculiar Practices in the Woods," what does Hackworth explain to his daughter regarding the activities of CryptNet?

4. Part Two of the novel opens with what sort of bizarre ritual?

5. In "The Hackworths Have a Family Reunion," at the end of the tense meeting between Hackworth and Gwendolyn, what important event occurs?

6. In "Carl Hollywood's Hack," how do Carl Hollywood's activities in a teahouse begin to tie together the various main characters and plots in the novel?

7. In "Hackworth in China," what does Dr. X see as the destruction of Chinese society in the novel?

8. In "From the Primer, Princess Nell Enters into the Lands of King Coyote," how does Princess Nell lose her last two remaining magical friends?

9. In "Carl Hollywood Returns to Shanghai," what is the significance of his efforts to connect Miranda to the other information he has gathered?

10. In "General Description of Life with the Constable," why does Constable Moore relive his past experiences through mediatrons?

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