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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Four, Sherkaner notes a number of pregnant females and males carrying "_____ on their backs."
(a) Tumors.
(b) Bumps.
(c) Packs.
(d) Welts.

2. Some of the Qeng Ho people are reportedly being held hostage above a ship called what in Chapter Ten?
(a) The Star Gazer.
(b) The Far Treasure.
(c) Ticket to Adventure.
(d) Loula May III.

3. What does Ezr Vinh refer to Qiwi Lin Lisolet as in the novel?
(a) Bumblebee.
(b) Smartypants.
(c) The Brat.
(d) The joker.

4. In Chapter Seven, what elderly Qeng Ho is on the captain's bridge?
(a) Pham Trilini.
(b) Benny Wen.
(c) Ezr Vinh.
(d) Director Ann Reynolt.

5. In Chapter Seventeen, who created a club of sorts which, though not sanctioned by the Emergents, is allowed to exist and draws a great many visitors?
(a) Sura Vinh.
(b) Benny Wen.
(c) Jimmy Diem.
(d) Ali Lin.

6. What does Jimmy's team find on board the Far Treasure in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Dead bodies.
(b) Aliens.
(c) Fossils.
(d) Jewels.

7. How old was Qiwi Lin Lisolet when her family and the Qeng Ho set out for the On/Off Star?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

8. What does Sherkaner tell the person he rents a room from he is considering doing in Chapter Four?
(a) Commiting suicide.
(b) Enlisting in the military.
(c) Finding a job.
(d) Leaving town.

9. In Chapter Three, Ezr's group finds what appears to be the remains of what structure in Arachna?
(a) A prison.
(b) A computer factory.
(c) A bank.
(d) A library.

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

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

12. 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?
(a) Digging a tunnel.
(b) Stabilizing a rock pile.
(c) Crushing ore.
(d) Building machinery.

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

14. One of the programs being broadcast which Trixia uses as a source of information about the Spiders in Chapter Eighteen is what?
(a) About to go off the air.
(b) Is in an indecipherable language.
(c) A children's show about science.
(d) On a government network.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What member of the crew reports seeing missiles targeting the Qeng Ho flagship, and then reports that the ship is gone in Chapter Seven?

2. In Chapter Eighteen, how many years pass though most of the crew members spend a great deal of time in cold sleep?

3. What redheaded female is a member of the Emergents and is among those who have been focused?

4. Who seems to be a Programmer-at-Arms of the Qeng Ho, and is seen as a bumbling old guy who has few responsibilities and little skill or talent in Chapter One?

5. In Chapter Fourteen, Sherkaner explains that he has a plan to do what?

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