The next morning Molly set off for school with the two Poké balls (with Art and Zach in them) in her rucksack. She wasn’t sure how far the telepathy would work and she didn’t want to take any chances.
When she got to school she found that there was to be a general knowledge test for her year group, in the hall in fifteen minutes. Her school was quite an old school which had been modified. There was a fireplace in each classroom, but the school had had central heating put in under the floorboards. There was a very large hall at the end of the school block and there were three floors of classrooms. The school had a playground and a field next to it. Molly estimated that there were about 1200 pupils in her school, and 250 in her year group.
Molly first of all went to the reception, and told them that her two brothers had disappeared in the meteor storm last night. The lady there expressed her sympathies but she wasn’t all that bothered. Molly was one in hundreds of kids who come in to say that someone or something had disappeared. Next Molly went down to the hall and found her place to sit in the hall. She waited quietly as the other students came in. Some of them were chatting to each other; she heard some comments about strange animals being seen this morning. Other students were glancing nervously about probably wondering how hard the exam would be. Three teachers followed the last of the students into the hall. Once everyone had found their place and sat down, one of the teachers started to talk.
“As you all know now, last night there was a meteor storm and a strange snow fell. It turned a lot of inanimate objects and living plants and animals into Pokémon. This was confirmed by one of the government ministers early this morning. He has persuaded the rest of the panel that these Pokémon are not dangerous. He also said that they should find some people knowledgeable on Pokémon and make them the traditional professors, so that they could continue working with Pokémon and help others to do so as well. That is what this test is about; we are trying to find out who in this school is the best person to put forward as a candidate for the professor spot for our province. As you may know our province includes Oxford, Bristol, Bath, and part of Salisbury. The test is an hour long; I wish you all good luck. You may start.”
Molly looked down at her questions and started to run through in her head everything she knew about Pokémon. She read through the whole paper and then began it; the first ones were ridiculously easy, such as:
What is this Pokémon? (Next to it was a picture of a Bulbasaur) Which of these evolves from Squirtle? What is this Pokémon’s final evolution? Butterfreeis an example of what type of Pokémon? Electric types are effective against what other types of Pokémon?
Molly quickly started doing these questions. When she had finished she looked up and around to see how others were doing. Some were anxiously biting their pencils, still on question one. Others had already finished the first five and moved onto the next page. Molly looked down at the answers she had written and then checked with her two brothers. They were all correct.
Bulbasaur Wartortle Charizard Bug/flying Water and flying
Next Molly moved onto the harder questions, even some people who had raced on ahead were having trouble with these ones. First of all there was a picture of a Pokémon, then followed eight questions to do with that Pokémon.
There was a picture of a Diglett.
What is this Pokémon? NameWhat type is this Pokémon? Name one move of this Pokémon? What is this Pokémon effective against? What Pokémon is effective against it? What Pokémon would you use against this Pokémon, effectively? Name one move you could use against this Pokémon, effectively? What does this Pokémon evolve into?
