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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 through 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does not allow himself into deep sleep and will therefore age more than any other crew members, as described in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Thomas Nau.
(b) Hrunkner Unnerby.
(c) Jimmy Diem.
(d) Pham Trilini.

2. Lands Command is where the Spiders conduct their most serious what?
(a) Business meetings.
(b) Tortures.
(c) Worship.
(d) Research projects.

3. Why are the conditions on Arachna difficult for Ezr and his team in Chapter Three?
(a) The star is on.
(b) The planet is radioactive.
(c) The air tanks are low.
(d) The star is off.

4. What population in the book are traders and tend to search for ways of establishing trading agreements wherever they are?
(a) The Liberators.
(b) The Emergents.
(c) The Jong Da.
(d) The Qeng Ho.

5. In Chapter Eighteen, how many years pass though most of the crew members spend a great deal of time in cold sleep?
(a) 10.
(b) 13.
(c) 8.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the inhabitants of Arachna live while the sun is turned off?

2. In Chapter Ten, Ezr makes a show of demanding obedience to the Emergents' demands for Qeng Ho crewmembers to work doing what in preparation of the mining effort?

3. In Chapter Fifteen, there's a meeting in which who learns that one of the men focused on a particular project has become so caught up in the technicalities that he is no longer making progress?

4. The region of the planet Arachna is provided light and warmth only about how many years out of every cycle of 250 years?

5. In Chapter Sixteen, Ritsel says that he believes the mission can be accomplished sooner if they do what?

(see the answer key)

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