Billy took a huge, steadying breath, and then pushed it out with no small amount of exasperation. Not at Goodnight, but definitely at the text booklet and materials and over a hundred years separating him from his very basic knowledge and what was expected of him.

"I'm fairly sure," he said after a moment of thought, "that I can do the reading, writing and maths sections alright. But all this science, and the civics? Some of these historical things the study guide gives are things that happened a generation after us."