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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one Post on the net dub the Helper?
(a) A messiah.
(b) A meglomaniac.
(c) A sincere pilgrim.
(d) A fraud, a screwball pushing a coercive, messianic religion/empire.

2. How does the new planet appear?
(a) Cold and inhospitable.
(b) Not ideal for humans but usuable.
(c) Too hot to live on the surface.
(d) Ideal for human life.

3. From where are troops dispatched?
(a) Flenser Castle.
(b) The city of Casler.
(c) The village of Noma.
(d) The city of Flens.

4. What would the Straumli archeologists sell when they were done?
(a) Minerals from of the planet they are exploring.
(b) Parcels of land of the planet they are exploring.
(c) Water of the planet they are exploring.
(d) The location of the planet they are exploring.

5. Why does Arne anger the wolf-like men?
(a) He does not anger them; he merely scares them.
(b) He flashes a laser and sets the forest on fire.
(c) He shoots a few of them.
(d) He speaks to them in the language of their gods.

6. What does Steel's best eightsome show?
(a) Engineering genius.
(b) The ability to morph into different types of genius.
(c) Psychic powers.
(d) Mathematical genius.

7. What have the Straumli inadvertently created?
(a) A convoluted maze.
(b) A great intelligence.
(c) A paradox.
(d) A loop.

8. What does Amdi perhaps consider Jefri?
(a) A surrogate parent.
(b) An enemy.
(c) Food.
(d) A pack member.

9. About what does Steel worry about the "pups" in the unburned coffins?
(a) That they will die if he cannot figure out how to bring them back from sleep.
(b) That they could mature and destroy his world.
(c) That they will spread disease if awakened.
(d) That they will die of grief when they learn their parents are dead.

10. Who is wounded?
(a) Sjane.
(b) Johanna.
(c) Bjort.
(d) Arne.

11. What sort of welcome do Peregrine and Scriber receive?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Derisive.
(c) A hero's greeting.
(d) Hostile.

12. How many boats does Tyrathect's group scuttle?
(a) All but three.
(b) All but one.
(c) Half.
(d) None.

13. With whom do Peregrin and Scriber receive an audience?
(a) Queen Woodcarver.
(b) King Woodcarver.
(c) Queen Stonecarver.
(d) Queen BeeKeeper.

14. Who is Olsndot's wife?
(a) Sjane.
(b) Joanne.
(c) Squana.
(d) Wiget.

15. What does Scriber wonder about Johanna?
(a) Why she refuses to meld.
(b) Why she is always angry with those trying to help her.
(c) Why she refuses to learn their language.
(d) What sort of creature is with her in one of her holos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Johanna call her captives?

2. Which fragment escapes the butchering of Scriber?

3. Who is badly wounded in the fighting?

4. How many stars does the planet the archeologists explore have?

5. What have the archeologists awakened?

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