Negative One Trivia Quiz

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1. How old is Adele when she leaves her home forever?

2. What dimensions are close enough to Adele's home dimension to visit DIRECTLY without significant memory loss? (This does NOT include dimensions that would require a stopover in another dimension first.)

• Shio only
• Shio and Thee-ileo
• Shio and Chiplance
• Shio, Chiplance, and Win-shilao

3. After the flash had come and gone, Adele got to name a dimension, and came up with the name "Leisheilo." Why did she choose that name?

• It is Shioan for “teacher,” and she wanted to honor her teacher Tabitha with it.
• It is Shioan for “friendship,” and she wanted to honor her friend Shelshay with it.
• It is her mother’s name, and she wanted to honor her family.
• It is Shioan for “place of cooperation,” and she wanted to honor the discovered dimension’s two native species.

4. Adele's friend Aleef asks for prophetic assistance in figuring out if a certain guy liked her. What happened?

• Adele refused to do the prediction because it was against her morals.
• Adele predicted that the boy did not like her, but directed her to a different boy who was not her true love, but who would at least date her for a while.
• Adele predicted that the boy did not like her, but directed her to a different boy who turned out to be her soul mate.
• Adele predicted that the boy Aleef had a crush on was interested in her, and suggested they go out.

5. Adele has a pretty big family: Four siblings. Choose the right arrangement:

• Two older sisters, two younger brothers.
• Two older brothers, two younger sisters.
• One older brother, three younger sisters.
• Two sisters, one older one younger; two brothers, one older one younger.

6. What is Adele's Shioan name?

7. In Ailashuo, how many students is the "traditional" number for a prophecy teacher to take on in theirr lifetime?

• Three
• Four
• Two
• There is no standard

8. What did Meri Lin's parents name their two daughters?

• Meri and Lissa
• Meri and Lee
• Lin and Lissa
• Lin and Lee

9. Long before Amanda was born, Meri Lin was referring to the baby as "she." She did this even before the sonogram determined that it was probably a girl. What is Meri Lin's explanation for how she knew?

• ESP
• Women’s intuition
• A message from a spirit
• A lucky guess

10. How much did baby Amanda weigh at birth?

• 4.5 pounds
• 6 pounds
• 7 pounds
• 13 pounds

11. Which of the following is NOT an unusual attribute that baby Amanda displays in the comic?

• She sleeps noticeably less than other babies, sometimes not at all.
• Her ears have an odd shape.
• She has no pinkie fingers or pinkie toes.
• She has a tendency to remove her clothes by herself.

12. What unexplainable event happened FIRST in cluing Meri Lin in that something odd was going on in her baby's room?

• The baby mobile began to make noise hours after it had run out.
• The toy box tipped over when no one touched it.
• A window opened and shut by itself while Meri Lin was still pregnant.
• The baby started being able to drink from her bottle without supporting it with her hands.

13. Not much attention is paid to Meri Lin's or Fred's lives outside of being Amanda's parents, but each has one occupation that requires attention besides being Mom and Dad. What do they do?

• Fred works at a bank. On Meri Lin, this is a trick question; she is a stay-at-home mom.
• Fred is an engineer. Meri Lin is a college student taking correspondence courses.
• Fred works in insurance. Meri Lin is a college student taking correspondence courses.
• Fred works at a bank. Meri Lin has a home-based business that involves stuffing envelopes for extra cash.

14. Meri Lin likes long names, which is why she chose a three-syllable name for Amanda. But what about Amanda's middle name? Choose the right response.

• Amanda doesn’t have a middle name.
• Amanda’s middle name is Ivy.
• Amanda’s middle name is Cassidy.
• Amanda has a middle name which is referred to when mentioning her initials, but her actual middle name is never mentioned.

15. Dax is slowly learning to communicate with his new companions, but he still remembers a few words of the language he spoke in his home dimension.

• True
• False

16. The hippies take off their clothes to skinny-dip in the lake, which disturbs Dax. Why was he disturbed?

• Nudity itself is disturbing to him.
• He thinks going unclothed in front of others is the mark of the uncivilized, and does not want to think of his companions as such.
• He thinks the women are attractive without clothes, and does not wish to offend the human men with his interest.
• He does not like water and thinks it disturbing that his companions have no problem with it.

17. Dax's attitude toward hunting is best described which of the following ways?

• Hunting should be done ONLY when one cannot find a vegetarian alternative.
• It is the right of the strong to prey upon the weak.
• Prey should be respectfully killed and given a ceremony before eating or using its body.
• Eating meat doesn’t bother him as long as he doesn’t have to kill or cook it himself.

18. There is some drug use in Dax's storyline. Which option describes his relationship with and attitude toward marijuana?

• He tries it early on and becomes dangerously addicted, allowing his judgment to be clouded.
• He tries it early on and becomes a casual user, using it to relax but still recognizing its dangers.
• He refuses to try it at first because he doesn’t like the smell, but the hippies eventually talk him into it and he begins to enjoy it.
• He can tell it is a mind-altering drug and refuses to try it at all, but does not disapprove of his companions’ use.

19. Dax is obviously a non-human creature, which has some advantages and some disadvantages. From context clues in Dax's comic, you should be able to tell which of the following advantages Dax possesses; please choose the one that Dax apparently does NOT have.

• Can sense whether someone is lying based on subtle harmonics in their voices.
• Has unusually sharp eyesight.
• Has unusually quick reflexes.
• Has a superhuman sense of smell.

20. Weaver comes into the human world carrying a weapon, which is quickly confiscated by the Mysterious Man. What was the weapon?

21. How tall is Weaver?

• About two feet tall.
• About a foot and a half tall.
• About three feet tall.
• About three and a half feet tall.

22. Which statement best describes Weaver's relationship with the Mysterious Man?

• At first he was an enemy, but quickly the two began to see eye to eye and became friends.
• Weaver hates and fears his captor, would do physical damage to him if he could.
• Weaver resents his being a prisoner and would escape if he could, but does not seek to harm his jailer.
• Weaver is laying low and plotting his revenge, though this is more in the spirit of giving the jailer what’s coming to him rather than actual hate.

23. Which of the following is NOT one of the freedoms Weaver is allowed as a prisoner of the Mysterious Man?

• He is allowed to take a bath.
• He is allowed to choose his food from a limited menu.
• He is allowed to fly around in a screened-in area in the Mysterious Man’s backyard.
• He is allowed to watch television and control what he watches with the remote control.

24. Weaver has strange shadowy memories of his family and friends from his dimension.

• True
• False

25. Before Adele reached a "master" level and received her BLACK robe, she had a different robe that signified a moderate prophet level. What color was it?

• Yellow
• Blue
• White
• Green

26. Before Amanda was born, Fred figured his and Meri Lin's baby would favor the mother. Amanda surprised them with her light skin and hair, matching the father and not the mother, but her eyes don't match either parent. Once her eyes had "settled" on a color, what did they turn out to be?

• Violet
• Blue
• Gray
• Green

27. Adele's hair is a dark red color, which is important because that is common for prophets of her race. What color is her teacher Tabitha's hair according to Adele's description?

28. How many languages does Adele speak? What are they?

• Two: English and Shioan
• Two: English and Ailaoan
• Three: English, Shioan, and Ailaoan

29. Meri Lin's family is from China. What dialect(s) do her parents speak?

• Cantonese
• Cantonese and Mandarin
• Gan and Pinghua
• Mandarin
• It’s a trick question; they speak Taiwanese
• It’s a trick question; they primarily speak English

30. Consider the following Shioan words used in the comic: Thee-ileo, shilano, Ailashuo, Leisheilo. Even though there's no dictionary of the Shioan language for this comic, what would you suppose the O on the end of all these words signifies?

• That the word is describing a person
• That the person, place, or thing described is male
• That the word applies to a place
• It’s a trick question; none of the above describe why there is an O on the words

31. Before and during the flash, Adele discovers important facts about a distant dimension that temporarily attaches itself to the human world. Does anyone in the comic come from there? If so, who? And what is the dimension's name?

• Yes; Dax only; Dimension Gow
• Yes; Dax only; Dimension Milshayo
• No; No one; Dimension Milshayo
• Yes; Dax and Weaver; Dimension Leisheilo
• No; No one; It is never given a name
• Yes; Weaver only; Dimension Leisheilo

32. Why is Adele's world referred to as a "crossroads world"?

• Because as long as you are going TO her world, there is no memory loss factor.
• Because it is zero, one, or two dimensional “steps” from every other dimension in the universe.
• Because other dimensions actually “orbit” around it.
• Because it has a large number of dimensional pathways that have developed either to, from, or both to and from it.

33. Which statement about the dimensions is TRUE?

• One particular dimension that is very close to the human world has its inhabitants regularly “invade” the human world for fun.
• Most people lose their specific memories if they travel more than two dimensional steps away, but prophets can do a process by which they completely recover their memories.
• The pools that are used to cross between dimensions cannot be used to get around in one’s own world; they only teleport across dimensions.
• Most of the dimensions found by the prophets of Ailashuo have no intelligent species populating them.

34. Dax seems to prefer meat to vegetables, starches, or sweets.

• True
• False

35. Adele's people consider it dishonorable to eat food that one has prepared by oneself. Choose the option that sums up their rationale:

• Food is a sacred thing that should only be prepared by the person in the family who is the best at it and is trained in ceremonial ways.
• Requiring a person to only eat food prepared by another person is one way to ensure that people live and work as a unit rather than as individuals.
• Adults use this as a way to teach children early on how to prepare a meal.

36. What was Amanda's first solid food?

• Baby food peaches
• Baby food applesauce
• Baby food peas
• Baby cereal

37. Weaver likes birdseed.

• True; it is his favorite
• He requests it once in a while, but usually likes apples better
• False; he doesn’t like it at all

38. What is the best description of why the comic is called Negative One?

• Because all of the characters spend most of their time being sad, forlorn, or otherwise negative.
• Because the logo handprint with the minus one on it is a reference to baby Amanda’s missing pinkies.
• Because originally there were four books in a series, but then the author wrote a prequel called book 0, and then this comic depicted events from before book 0. Therefore it was called Negative One.

39. Besides the obvious tools needed to draw and write Negative One, what else does the creator of the comic consider herself good at?

• Singing
• Sculpting
• Computer programming
• Finding her way around in unfamiliar places

40. What day of the week does the comic update? (Answer applies to the creator's area of the world.)

Which of the following describes how you go about reading the comic?

• I check it every week–it’s bookmarked or linked somewhere.
• I search for it in a search engine and read it every week or close to it–I keep up with it.
• I follow the reminder link from the creator’s LiveJournal.
• I communicate regularly with the creator, who e-mails me, IMs me, or otherwise bugs me to read the comic.
• I’ve been reading it since it began or close to it, and have always kept up with it just about every week.
• I read it all at once after discovering it, and keep up with it weekly.
• I read it all at once after discovering it, and read it in chunks when I think of it.
• I haven’t read the whole comic and I don’t really keep up with it, but I think it is pretty cool. I also probably bombed this test.
• I only look at this thing for the art. I also probably bombed this test.
• I caught up on the back issues of this comic just so I could participate in this quiz.
• I have another process of reading this thing that is better described in the comments field at the end of this page–or maybe more than one choice applies and I want to explain.

Please say how you discovered the comic. Just briefly.

And . . . how difficult did you think the quiz was?

• VERY easy–I didn’t have to look up any answers at all!
• Pretty easy–I had to look a few up, but I’m sure I got them all right.
• Some questions were easy, some were medium, some were hard. I feel pretty good about how I did.
• Some questions were easy, some were medium, some were hard. I don’t think I did very well.
• The quiz was hard and I had to look up MOST of the answers, but it was a fun challenge.
• The quiz was unfair in many places and I had a really hard time with it. I think I bombed.
• I either have no feelings about it really or I don’t feel like telling you about it here.

Please send any comments! Feel free to throw in questions/clarifications about stuff you found confusing, comments on the comic itself, non sequiturs, and/or pirate jokes. None of this is posted, but it all gets read by the creator.

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