Testing Zero Quotes

“Professor Bird sat on the edge of his desk and folded his arms. He sighed. “After you’re done taking your written test and you have completed your physical evaluations, your scores will be given out to all the city leaders. If they think you would be a good fit for what they need, then you’ll get drafted to their city and assigned to a job.” “But”
― N.G. Simsion, Testing Zero

“They’re not just placement tests, dummy,” Flea said. “I heard if you fail you’ll get kicked out of society. If you score below a 5.0, then none of the city leaders are going to draft you and you’ll be left with nowhere to go. If you’re not smart enough to be useful to the collective, then you get the boot.” He gestured like he was holding an invisible ball in his hand, pretending to drop-kick it across the room. Then before there was time to react, he snatched”
― N.G. Simsion, Testing Zero