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

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

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

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

5. Who is the head of the Emergents' expedition and is a man whose greed makes him oblivious to everything else?
(a) Ann Reynolt.
(b) Victory Smith.
(c) Hrunkner Unnerby.
(d) Thomas Nau.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ezr Vinh refer to Qiwi Lin Lisolet as in the novel?

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

3. Why are the Qeng Ho operating with less technology than usual in Chapter Ten?

4. Ezr learns that the majority of senior crew members who were not killed in the attack are being held in what, in Chapter Nine?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Emergents differ from the Qeng Ho in their exploration of other planets?

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

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

4. Who is Pham Trilini? How is he described in the first chapters of the book?

5. How is the university described in Chapter Fifteen?

6. Who is Thomas Nau and how did he come to his position in the mission?

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

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

9. Whose voice did Ezr hear just before the explosion of the Far Treasure? What does he consider about what was said?

10. How are the parks described in Chapters Ten and Eleven?

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