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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who visits Lanik just before he escapes?
(a) Allison.
(b) Saranna.
(c) Mwabao.
(d) Ensel.

2. As he is making his escape, how does Lanik become wounded?
(a) From an accident.
(b) From a climb.
(c) From a fight.
(d) From a fall.

3. How does Lanik feel about his mother?
(a) Lanik envies her.
(b) Lanik hates her.
(c) Lanik loves her.
(d) Lanik tolerates her.

4. How big is the cell on the ship in which Lanik is imprisoned?
(a) One meter wide.
(b) Four meters wide.
(c) Two meters wide.
(d) Three meters wide.

5. What does Lanik realize as he watches the people who make their home in the desert?
(a) They hide in their homes from the sun.
(b) They have secret stores of water.
(c) They convert the desert sand into food.
(d) They never need to eat or drink.

6. What happens at least twice a day in Nkumai?
(a) The people descend to find food.
(b) It rains.
(c) It gets foggy.
(d) The sun burns the leaves.

7. While Lanik sleeps in this person's house, who comes looking for Lanik?
(a) Saranna.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) The assassin.
(d) Dinte.

8. What is the name of the old soldier who joins Lanik and his two friends as Lanik prepares to leave Mueller?
(a) Kukueian.
(b) Mwabao.
(c) Ensel.
(d) Homarnoch.

9. How does Lanik escape from prison?
(a) Lanik escapes using the bird nets.
(b) Lanik escapes using the parachute.
(c) Lanik escapes using the ropes.
(d) Lanik escapes using the ladders.

10. While in the castle in Mueller, whose throat does Lanik slit?
(a) Dinte.
(b) Saranna.
(c) Mother.
(d) Father.

11. As the group of four leaves Mueller, what does the old soldier take with him?
(a) The library.
(b) The castle's blueprints.
(c) A prisoner.
(d) Nothing.

12. What is wrong with the bread served to Lanik by the slavers?
(a) The bread is stale.
(b) The bread is moldy.
(c) The bread is old.
(d) The bread is unleavened.

13. Why is Lanik's appearance so unnerving to the slavers?
(a) The slavers are afraid of Lanik's strength.
(b) The slavers are sticklers for neatness.
(c) The slavers are unfamiliar with regeneration.
(d) The slavers are awed by Lanik's strength.

14. How do regenerative powers increase in the Family?
(a) Through potions.
(b) Through dietary restrictions.
(c) Through sorcery.
(d) Through inbreeding.

15. After the assassination attempt on the main character, where does the main character flee to?
(a) Ku Kuei.
(b) Allison.
(c) Nkumai.
(d) Mueller.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to what Lanik learns from his visitor, who rules Mueller?

2. After Lanik slips into the castle in Mueller, what does Lanik cause to happen?

3. What do the people of Nkumai do first thing every morning?

4. As the main character prepares to leave his homeland, what does he notice being kept in pens?

5. After leaving the castle in Mueller, where does the group of four head to?

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