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

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) Hrunkner Unnerby.
(b) Pham Trilini.
(c) Jimmy Diem.
(d) Thomas Nau.

2. On the surface in Chapter Eleven, Jimmy and several members of his crew work while planning an attack on what?
(a) The Far Treasure.
(b) The Mine.
(c) The Spider Nations.
(d) The On/Off Star.

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

4. Who is the Qeng Ho leader in Chapter One?
(a) Trixia Bronsol.
(b) Benny Wen.
(c) Ezr Vinh.
(d) Captain Park.

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

6. How old was Pham Nuwen when a group of traders arrived on his home planet?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

7. 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?
(a) Trixia Bronsol.
(b) Thomas Nau.
(c) Ezr Vinh.
(d) Gonle Fong.

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

9. What is the name of the section of the ship where the waste is handled?
(a) Poop deck.
(b) Septicary.
(c) Bactry.
(d) Incinerator.

10. Why are the Qeng Ho operating with less technology than usual in Chapter Ten?
(a) A computer virus corrupted most of it.
(b) They can't get replacement parts.
(c) The Emergents took it.
(d) There is no power to run it.

11. In Chapter Thirteen, who points out that the two factions now have no choice but to concentrate on joint survival?
(a) Ezr Vinh.
(b) Thomas Nau.
(c) Victory Smith.
(d) Trixia Bronsol.

12. In Chapter Twelve, the Relight is causing all sorts of problems, and what are floating near several of the ships?
(a) Enemy ships.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Satellites.
(d) Ice chunks.

13. 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?
(a) Luan.
(b) Pham Trilini.
(c) Ali Lin.
(d) Kira.

14. Where is Sherkaner headed in Chapter Four?
(a) Space Command.
(b) Waters Command.
(c) Air Command.
(d) Lands Command.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The inhabitants of Arachna are referred to as what?

2. Pham Nuwen has the idea to create a race of what in Chapter Seventeen?

3. Who is the head of the Emergents' expedition and is a man whose greed makes him oblivious to everything else?

4. What population in the book are traders and tend to search for ways of establishing trading agreements wherever they are?

5. What group in the novel is domineering and can't imagine establishing relationships based on anything other than enforced slavery?

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