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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Ezr hear and know that the situation is serious with at least one dying from the disease in Chapter Twenty-Five?
2. In Chapter Twenty-One, Thomas Nau has to hollow out a cave in one of the orbiting what?
3. In Chapter Forty-Two, there's a gathering of those aboard the ships and Thomas proposes a toast, pointing out that some how many years prior the two sides had almost killed each other off?
4. In Chapter Twenty-One, Qiwi goes to whose living area and discovers many in cold sleep who have been reported dead, including her mother?
5. In Chapter Twenty-Five, Ezr watches as Ann Reynolt and others treat who and others who suddenly seem out of control?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Sherkaner different than the majority of Spider society?
2. What empire does Pham hope to build in Chapter Twenty-Two? How?
3. How does Victory Junior feel about the kidnapping after the children are rescued?
4. What children arrive at the Royal Museum in Chapters Twenty-Seven and Twenty-Eight?
5. Who are "Captain Lisolet" and "The Man" from the book's Prologue? How are they explained in Chapter Forty-Three?
6. How does Victory feel about exposing her children to the public debate in Chapter Twenty-Four?
7. What is Pham's reaction when Qiwi is attacked by Ezr in Chapter Twenty-Five?
8. What beliefs drive the Spiders to reproduce in cycles?
9. Who are the parents of the young children at the Museum in Chapter Twenty-Eight? What do they reveal?
10. How does Spider society respond to Sherkaner's family?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the actions of Jimmy Diem and the explosion of the Far Treasure in Chapters Eleven through Thirteen. Why does Jimmy choose to negotiate anyway?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the character of Victory Smith in the narrative. What relationship does Victory share with Sherkaner?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the character of Sherkaner Underhill in the narrative. What characteristics does Sherkaner exude?
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