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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Sixteen, Ritsel briefs Thomas on specific issues and accuses Qiwi of what?
(a) Treason.
(b) Subversion.
(c) Arson.
(d) Hearsay.

2. 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.

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

4. How long is Arachna's sun off during every 250-year cycle?
(a) 155 years.
(b) 215 years.
(c) 200 years.
(d) 190 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Thirteen, who points out that the two factions now have no choice but to concentrate on joint survival?

2. Ezr learns in Chapter Ten that the pain he'd felt was a virus given to many of the Qeng Ho, designed to do what?

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

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ezr discover about his injury during the attack in Chapter Ten?

2. Who are Sherkaner's children in Chapter Fifteen?

3. How is Spider civilization described by the author in the first chapters of the book?

4. What family does Sherkaner learn about from his former teacher in Chapter Four?

5. What are Sherkaner's plans for the Spiders as technology develops in Chapter Fifteen?

6. What is cycling in relation to Spider reproduction?

7. What does the term "focused" mean in the context of the book?

8. How is Arachna described in the book? What periods of time are in darkness there and why?

9. Who explains the use of "mindrot" to Ezr in Chapter Ten? How is it related to "focus"?

10. What took place on the Far Treasure during the attack by the Emergents? What did Jimmy find?

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