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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Mantis do with the things it kills?
(a) Turns them to dust.
(b) Turns them into mechs.
(c) Creates new worlds.
(d) Makes art.

2. According to Toby, what is the Families' only fashion indulgence?
(a) Their skin markings.
(b) Their shoes.
(c) Their hair.
(d) Their jewelry.

3. Who said, "Anything you understand, you can use?"
(a) Abraham.
(b) Isaac.
(c) Killen.
(d) Shibo.

4. In "Unsettled Movement," how does Quath know that something is troubling Toby while he sleeps?
(a) Quath reads Toby's face.
(b) Toby cries when he sleeps.
(c) One of Quath's subminds tells her so.
(d) Toby lets out blood-curdling screams while he sleeps.

5. In "Eating the Storm," what does Toby notice about the bird that lands nearby?
(a) It has four wings.
(b) It houses the Mantis.
(c) It looks like a mech-bird.
(d) It has a fleshy mouth.

6. Why does Toby use his tools in "Eating the Storm?"
(a) To create a snare.
(b) To build a shelter from the storm.
(c) To do some repairs on his servos.
(d) To make an entrance to the esty.

7. What does the dwarf on the pyramid ask Toby?
(a) "How'd you get here?"
(b) "Where've you been?"
(c) "Who are you?"
(d) "Are you hungry?"

8. In "The Esty Wind," what do Toby and Quath see as they walk in the Lane?
(a) A sheet peeling off a cliff.
(b) The creation of a city.
(c) The "ground" below them dissolving.
(d) The "sky" closing in.

9. According to Quath in "Unsettled Movement," who/what is Man pointed toward?
(a) Invasion.
(b) Woman.
(c) Destiny.
(d) Danger.

10. What causes Toby's muscles to lock up in the Lane?
(a) His malfunctioning servos.
(b) Sublimed vapor.
(c) Exhaustion.
(d) Something in the Lane's food.

11. What happens to the bird in "Eating the Storm?"
(a) It transforms itself into Abraham.
(b) It turns into the Mantis.
(c) It disappears.
(d) It is killed in the storm.

12. According to Quath, what is "the Redoubt?"
(a) An ancient text.
(b) A place where mechs live.
(c) An event in humans' history.
(d) A place for humans to retire.

13. How do the people in "Rational Laughter" treat Toby?
(a) They take care of him.
(b) They treat him as a traitor.
(c) They ridicule him.
(d) They treat him as a curiosity.

14. In "Passing Currents," what does Toby realize is different about the higher mechs?
(a) They are more powerful than humans are.
(b) They can create pathways to other worlds.
(c) They are detached from death.
(d) They can take on many different forms.

15. After Toby removes the Shibo chip, what does he do to make himself harder to find?
(a) He creates a magnetic distraction.
(b) He uses camouflage.
(c) He emits jumbled signals from his sensorium.
(d) He compresses his sensorium.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the real family name of the woman Toby meets in the maize fields?

2. In "The Esty Wind," to what does Quath compare construction in the esty?

3. For what are Toby and Quath looking at the start of "The Rock of Chaos?"

4. What holds Toby to Quath as they fall from the esty?

5. From what does Toby NOT suffer after the spark hits him?

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