Negative One Trivia Quiz

Section 1: ADELE'S WORLD

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Three
Four
Two
There is no standard

Section 2: MERI LIN'S WORLD

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

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

ESP
Women's intuition
A message from a spirit
A lucky guess

4.5 pounds
6 pounds
7 pounds
13 pounds

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.

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.

Fred works at a bank. On Meri Lin, this is a trick question; she is just 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.

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.

Section 3: DAX'S WORLD

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

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 females are attractive without clothes, and does not wish to offend the human males with his interest.
He does not like water and thinks it disturbing that his companions have no problem with it.

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.

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.

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.

Section 4: WEAVER'S WORLD

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

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

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.

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.

True
False

Section 5: COLORS

In a black and white sketch comic, this isn't so easy, is it?

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
Brown

Violet
Blue
Gray
Green

Section 6: LANGUAGES

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

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

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

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

Section 7: DIMENSIONS

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.

Section 8: FOOD

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

True
False

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.

Baby food peaches
Baby food applesauce
Baby food peas
Baby cereal

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

Section 9: THE COMIC

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

Section 10: PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM YOU (These answers do NOT count toward your score, but please don't leave them blank)

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.

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