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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Paul briefly comes to his senses during the battle, what does he ask?
(a) If Wili is safe.
(b) If they have won.
(c) If Allison loves him.
(d) If they have all died.

2. How many people does Della estimate would have been killed had her attack on the pass been successful?
(a) 1000.
(b) 100.
(c) 2000.
(d) 50.

3. How does the Authority react to the floating bobble that Wili created?
(a) They further embobble it.
(b) They cover it up.
(c) They acknowledge it publicly.
(d) They attempt to destroy it.

4. What justification does Allison give for her suspicion that the Authority will find Paul's home soon?
(a) Tracking devices that she spotted.
(b) Search parties that she saw personally.
(c) Something she overheard from Della.
(d) Her military experience.

5. Why do the gangs around the embobbled tenement building help Wili?
(a) Wili promises them weapons in exchange for their help.
(b) Wili persuades them to resist the Authority.
(c) He was once a member of one of the gangs.
(d) They were told that Paul wanted them to help Wili.

6. What does Wili do while the group travels to the Authority enclave?
(a) He coordinates plans for attack with the other Tinkers.
(b) He adjusts and monitors the embobbling device.
(c) He improves with abilities with the computer.
(d) He disrupts Authority agents attempting to track them.

7. What relationship do Paul and Allison claim to have as part of the cover they use to travel to the Authority enclave?
(a) Husband-wife.
(b) Brother-sister.
(c) Uncle-niece.
(d) Father-daughter.

8. What does Wili reveal about the nature of bobbles?
(a) They can be collapsed at will.
(b) They can be created with very little energy.
(c) Those inside do actually experience the passage of time.
(d) Those trapped inside do not die instantly.

9. How does Della goad Kaladze?
(a) She says his group is too cowardly to act.
(b) She says he is too reliant on Paul.
(c) She says he is really working for the Authority.
(d) She questions his intelligence.

10. How does Della feel about her attack on the pass being foiled?
(a) Bemused.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Frustrated.

11. What does Jill urge Wili to do as the embobbling program nears completion?
(a) To run from the approaching Authority agents.
(b) To kill Della.
(c) To embobble only Avery.
(d) To embobble the entire enclave.

12. What kind of a compound is the Authority enclave built into?
(a) A university.
(b) An industrial center.
(c) A nuclear bunker.
(d) A military base.

13. About how long has the Authority been in power?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) A hundred years.
(c) Fifty years.
(d) Ten years.

14. Avery insists the Renaissance will be the end of what?
(a) Humanity as a whole.
(b) Free thought.
(c) The undesirables within society.
(d) The Tinkers.

15. What type of intelligence gathering does Della recommend that Avery employ?
(a) Manual reconnaissance.
(b) Encrypted relaying.
(c) Interrogation.
(d) Combat patrols.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Wili not tell Paul about his suspicions about Mike and Della?

2. Wili intentionally created the bobble around the buildings the hostages were held in at what time of the day?

3. Della suspects that what source of intelligence is being altered?

4. What does Paul think will happen to the bobbles in the coming years?

5. How does Allison force Wili to reveal how he knows her?

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