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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 happens at least twice a day in Nkumai?

2. Where does Lanik leave the slave ship?

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

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

5. What is the name of the old soldier who joins Lanik and his two friends as Lanik prepares to leave Mueller?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Lanik finally accepted into the old lady's house?

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

4. Why does Lanik flee to Ku Kuei?

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

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

7. Describe the process of giving someone "grief."

8. Why does Lanik claim to be from the land of Bird?

9. When Lanik comes to after passing out in the desert, what does the group of men surrounding him ask?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lanik's journey parallels many people's journey from adolescence into adulthood. Examine how Lanik's journey parallels the journey from adolescence to adulthood, and provide examples of each stage in Lanik's journey. Be sure to examine his journey using the entire novel from beginning to end.

Essay Topic 2

Lanik has the opportunity to experience life in the country of his birth, and life in the country of his choosing.

a. Compare and contrast the living conditions in Mueller versus the living conditions in Britton. Include inhabitants, living conditions, pace of life, opportunities, and attitudes in your answer.

b. What are the biggest differences to Lanik between Mueller and Britton?

c. What, if anything, does Lanik like about Mueller?

d. What, if anything, does Lanik wish would change in Britton?

Essay Topic 3

One of the main themes in this novel involves deceptive appearances.

a. Identify three characters that use deceptive appearances to further their interests.

b. Why do these characters rely on deception?

c. What is the outcome for these characters? Were they successful or would they have been more successful if they had not been deceptive? Explain your answer.

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