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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. What is the purpose of Achilles' manipulations among the children of the crew?
(a) To get them to take responsibility for themselves.
(b) To keep the children from thinking about how hard their lives are.
(c) To help Poke maintain control of the group.
(d) To wrest loyalty of the crew members away from Poke.

2. How does Poke die?
(a) Gunshot.
(b) A fast-acting virus.
(c) Fall from the roof.
(d) Throat slashed.

3. What is Dimak's reply to the warning he is given in Chapter 6?
(a) That Dimak is not intimidated.
(b) That anyone would feel slow-witted around Bean.
(c) That Captain's Madrid's insolence is hiding insecurity.
(d) That nothing has ever intimidated the enemy before.

4. From whose bread does Achilles not take a bite?
(a) All children under the age of six.
(b) Any child older than twelve.
(c) Poke.
(d) Bean.

5. How old does the kid appear to be that Poke sees on top of a garbage can?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bean observe after leaving the conference between Graff and Dimak?

2. How do the older students treat the new ones?

3. How does Bean access restricted areas in the station's main computer?

4. What is the name of the person Carlotta speaks to in Bulgaria?

5. What concerns one of the higher-grade officers about Bean?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might Graff decide to have Bean lead the next battle against the Buggers?

2. What does Dimak’s superior tell Dimak about Bean, and what is Dimak’s response?

3. How does Achilles help the younger children of Poke's crew get more to eat?

4. How does Carlotta discover where Bean lived before being a member of Poke, and where did Bean live?

5. Who does Helga Braun contact regarding Poke’s gang and what does that person do when she comes to see the gang?

6. How does Carlotta learn more about Bean?

7. How does Bean discover that Achilles is a murderer?

8. How does Achilles begin to insinuate himself into the group as the leader in Chapter 2?

9. What does Carlotta discover about Bean, and what does she think of her discovery?

10. What does Carlotta consider when she meets Achilles, and what invitation does she extend to Poke’s gang?

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