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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What faction of the Spiders is Sherkaner working for in Chapter Six?
(a) The Tiefstadt.
(b) The Royals.
(c) The Frenzole.
(d) The Crown.

2. What is the name of the sun that turns itself off periodically and produces extreme temperatures on the planet Arachna?
(a) Illuminar.
(b) Instadark.
(c) The On/Off Star.
(d) Spectramatic.

3. Which of the Spiders becomes crazed with fear and dies in Chapter Eight?
(a) Trud.
(b) Gokna.
(c) Gil.
(d) Brent.

4. Who tells Ezr that he's to become the new fleet manager for the Qeng Ho in Chapter Nine?
(a) Director Ann Reynolt.
(b) Jimmy Diem.
(c) Thomas Nau.
(d) Trixia Bronsol.

5. In Chapter Fourteen, Sherkaner explains that he has a plan to do what?
(a) Extend coldsleep durations.
(b) Steal diamonds.
(c) Keep the On/Off Star permanently on.
(d) Keep cities operating during the Dark.

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

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

8. What is Qiwi Lisolet's mother's name?
(a) Pedure.
(b) Gokna.
(c) Rhapsa.
(d) Kira.

9. Where do the inhabitants of Arachna live while the sun is turned off?
(a) Inside ice caves.
(b) On webs they wove among the surface.
(c) In trees.
(d) Underground.

10. During the relighting of the On/Off Star in Chapter Eleven, who has ideas for the job but is forced to remain on board while Jimmy handles the project?
(a) Pham.
(b) Kira.
(c) Ali.
(d) Qiwi.

11. Who has Sherkaner married in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Jimmy Diem.
(b) Victory Smith.
(c) He has not married.
(d) Trixia Bronsol.

12. What vice-podmaster arrives in the garden angry because the park is closed and Qiwi is there, in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Victory Smith.
(b) Pham Trilini.
(c) Benny Wen.
(d) Ritsel Brughel.

13. Who has medical casts on all his left legs when he and Sherkaner meet for the first time?
(a) Thomas Nau.
(b) Captain Park.
(c) Gonle Fong.
(d) Hrunkner Unnerby.

14. What two youngsters pop up out of the fur on Sherkaner's back when Unnerby visits in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Pedure and Trud.
(b) Kira and Luan.
(c) Brent and Ritsel.
(d) Rhapsa and Hrunkner.

15. Who questions Ezr's loyalty to the Qeng Ho in Chapter Ten?
(a) Hrunkner Unnerby.
(b) Gonle Fong.
(c) Thomas Nau.
(d) Jimmy Diem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the conditions on Arachna difficult for Ezr and his team in Chapter Three?

2. In Chapter Nine, Thomas Nau points out the progress being made on an operation to mine what?

3. What member of the Qeng Ho is a linguistics expert, and her task as one of the focused is to learn all she can about the Spiders?

4. In Chapter Nineteen, the Spiders are how far through their Light years?

5. In Chapter Eighteen, the Spiders have made progress on the rebuilding that has to occur, including the completion of the what?

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