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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Lady Claire reluctant to flee the castle and return to England?
(a) The seer has said she must meet someone at Castelgard
(b) Her son is being held hostage
(c) Her people will be killed
(d) The winter weather has set in

2. What does Lady Claire say of Chris to Sir Oliver?
(a) That Chris saved her life
(b) That Chris is her uncle
(c) That Chris came from England to bring her a message from the King
(d) That Chris is her cousin

3. By what are Kate and Marek surprised when they enter Castelgard?
(a) The good manners of those at the table
(b) The size of Sir Oliver
(c) The open show of prostitutes
(d) The richness and light of the decor

4. What does Sue Gomez do in the travel room?
(a) She hooks the IV up to each person
(b) A scan of each person's brain
(c) Prepares to demonstrate traveling
(d) She runs the machine to keep track of the person

5. What does Gordon advise Doniger to refrain from telling the Yale group?
(a) About the overt risks of travel
(b) About the potential for time paradox
(c) About the fact that many who have traveled have not returned
(d) About why the Professor has not returned

6. Why are Marek and Chris arrested?
(a) For not bowing to Sir Oliver
(b) For disgracing Sir Guy
(c) For interfering with a lawful action by Sir Guy
(d) For fighting in a tournament when they are not knights

7. About what does Kate warn Marek and Chris?
(a) That Sir Oliver has ordered them to stand trial
(b) That de Kere wants to sell them into slavery
(c) That soldiers are coming to kill them
(d) That de Kere is speaking against them

8. What is the purpose of the tiny button on the marker the traveler carries?
(a) To send for help
(b) To put a protection shield around the person
(c) To inject a poison if they cannot be recalled
(d) Pushing it recalls the machine

9. How many typical computers are required for travel to other universes?
(a) 1 million
(b) 1 billion
(c) 32 billion
(d) 200,000

10. What does the term “gentle” mean in the era in which the Yale team are?
(a) Simple minded
(b) Eunuch
(c) Kind
(d) Nobility

11. About what does Kate worry?
(a) The Professor will be dead
(b) Their bodies will not be reconstructed
(c) Her baby will be harmed
(d) She will be unable to speak back to someone

12. What is the purpose of the doors filled with water?
(a) Shielding
(b) To give a womblike environment
(c) Sound dampening
(d) To have water readily available in case of fire

13. Why does Kramer threaten to quit?
(a) When Doniger attempts to kill Stern with a pistol
(b) When Gordon tells her that Kramer plans to kill Stern and her
(c) When Doniger says he will allow Stern to use the prototype machine
(d) When Gordon says he is going to reveal what ITC has been doing

14. What does Sir Daniel order be done to Chris?
(a) He be held in the dungeon
(b) He be questioned by the magister
(c) He be sent to the Abby
(d) He be bathed and suitably attired

15. What does Kramer suggest was psychologically wrong with Traub?
(a) He was neurotic
(b) He was paranoid
(c) He was bi-polar
(d) He was suicidal

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the others react to the idea of going after the professor?

2. What game are the monks playing?

3. What explanation horrifies Kate?

4. How does Lady Claire think her husband died?

5. What does Marek watch that stuns him in the chapter “Castelgard”?

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