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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Pham after the Old One's death?
(a) He tries to kill himself.
(b) He recalls nothing.
(c) He remembers everything.
(d) He is free of the bond.

2. Who is Arne Olsndot?
(a) A general with an army opposing Straum.
(b) The pilot landing the cargo shell.
(c) The medic on the cargo shell.
(d) The key scientist in the quantum project.

3. Over what do three of Johanna's captors quarrel?
(a) Whether Johanna can meld.
(b) Whether Johanna is female.
(c) The nature of Johanna's box.
(d) If there are very many other aliens on the ship.

4. How is the archive described?
(a) Friendly.
(b) Sentient.
(c) Simple.
(d) Hostile.

5. What jumps successfully?
(a) A moon's orbit.
(b) A catch frog.
(c) A spring leaf.
(d) A second vessel.

6. What do the Olsndots set up?
(a) A perimeter guard.
(b) An ultraviolet desenthisizer.
(c) A language translater.
(d) Ultralight communication.

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

8. How does Ravna wish she could learn more about the Slowness?
(a) By tapping Pham's memories.
(b) By writing a computer program to ferret out the information.
(c) By accessing classified files.
(d) By asking the net's user group.

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

10. For what might Woodcarver be ready?
(a) A new partner.
(b) A new meld group.
(c) Retirement.
(d) A change of soul.

11. What must Scriber and his cohorts do by Winter?
(a) Destroy the flying house.
(b) Destroy Flenser.
(c) Capture Jefri.
(d) Recapture the flying house.

12. What could steal the secrets the Straumli archeologists uncover?
(a) Star gazer.
(b) The Powers.
(c) The mad ones.
(d) The old ones.

13. With what does the narrator say the humans are playing?
(a) Life.
(b) Fortune.
(c) Energy.
(d) Fire.

14. When does Ravna tell Jefri they will arrive?
(a) In 30-60 days.
(b) In 60-120 days.
(c) The next year.
(d) Ravna tells Jefri they cannot come.

15. What does automation say it should not be doing?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Talking.
(c) Learning.
(d) Feeling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the wolf-like figures do?

2. What does Steel's best eightsome show?

3. Who particularly wants to be friends with Johanna?

4. How does Scriber cheer up Johanna?

5. What does Jefri realize?

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