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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. After he reaches the ground, what leaks out of Lanik and falls on the ground?
(a) Part of Lanik's spleen.
(b) Part of Lanik's intestine.
(c) Part of Lanik's stomach.
(d) Part of Lanik's heart.

2. What is the only way to kill a regenerative?
(a) Cut out the regenerative's heart.
(b) Stab through the regenerative's heart.
(c) Set the regenerative on fire.
(d) Cut off the regenerative's head.

3. According to Lanik's first conversation with the highest official in the land, what do the Nkumai people sell for iron?
(a) The smells of the swamp.
(b) Vessels carved from wood.
(c) Freshly caught rain water.
(d) Rare tree bark.

4. When Lanik is returned to his homeland and charged with a number of crimes, what is Lanik's sentence for committing these crimes?
(a) Probation.
(b) Death.
(c) Life imprisonment.
(d) Community restoration.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What people are on the ship that picks up Lanik?

2. Who is the highest official in Nkumai?

3. Of the currency tendered on the planet, what is the most valuable form of currency?

4. How do the slavers describe Lanik's appearance after Lanik has been aboard the slave ship for a little while?

5. What does transsexual growth indicate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Nkumai bind their prisoners' hands with cruel bonds?

2. When Lanik stays in an inn, he realizes just how great the poverty is in this land. How does he realize the extent of the poverty?

3. Why does Lanik not sever his thumbs in order to escape the cruel bonds?

4. As Lanik languishes in his cell, he has a visitor. What is Lanik's visitor absolutely sure of?

5. Why do the captain and crew eventually beg Lanik for mercy?

6. What does the young boy in the desert teach Lanik?

7. What does Lanik figure out while he is being held below deck on the slave ship?

8. What does the old soldier hope that Lanik will learn from the books the soldier has?

9. What makes Nkumai so frightening to Lanik?

10. What has the old soldier done to disrupt the trade involving the radical regeneratives?

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