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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What happens to the bird in "Eating the Storm?"
(a) It is killed in the storm.
(b) It turns into the Mantis.
(c) It disappears.
(d) It transforms itself into Abraham.
2. What happens to Toby and Quath after they stop falling from the esty?
(a) They are swallowed up by a pinhole.
(b) They are arrested.
(c) They are tossed in separate directions.
(d) They stop in the middle of a desert.
3. According to Quath, what is "the Redoubt?"
(a) A place for humans to retire.
(b) A place where mechs live.
(c) An event in humans' history.
(d) An ancient text.
4. In "Animal Spirits," what does think about the members of Argo?
(a) thinks they are insignicant forms.
(b) thinks they are primitive and should be exterminated.
(c) thinks they are valuable forms.
(d) thinks they pose a danger to the mechs.
5. What does Toby hear when he wakes up in "Unsettled Movement?"
(a) Quath telling him to wake up.
(b) Shibo singing.
(c) Killeen's voice.
(d) A buzzing noise.
6. In "Animal Spirits," where do the mechs say must go?
(a) To the Wedge.
(b) To the esty.
(c) To the Argo.
(d) To the Cosmic Circle.
7. In "Unsettled Movement," what does Toby eat?
(a) Hot, greasy food.
(b) Red marrow.
(c) Grain cubes.
(d) Stalk-like beings.
8. Who/what awakens Toby in "Time's Grip?"
(a) A strange sound.
(b) An odd sensation.
(c) Quath.
(d) Shibo's Personality.
9. What information did the esty dwellers want from Quath?
(a) Information about The Hunker Down.
(b) Information about the mechs' work on antimatter.
(c) Information about how the Myriapodia evolved.
(d) Information about Toby and his kind.
10. In "The Esty Wind," to what does Quath compare construction in the esty?
(a) To a blinking light.
(b) To a rebirth.
(c) To sloughing of skin.
(d) To volcanic eruption.
11. What does Toby realize about the "Sea of Sands?"
(a) It is endless.
(b) It is home to the mechs.
(c) It is the origin of the Family Bishop.
(d) It is not real.
12. Whose voice does Toby hear as he waits out the blizzard in "The Pain of Eternity?"
(a) Shibo's.
(b) Quath's.
(c) Besen's.
(d) Killeen's.
13. What does Toby think of the injured man's new face?
(a) It looks real.
(b) It reminds him of someone.
(c) It looks like a mask.
(d) It will not work out.
14. Where is Toby at the start of "Salvage?"
(a) On a cliff.
(b) In a valley.
(c) In a cave.
(d) In a tunnel.
15. What does Toby do when he is attacked in "The Pain of Eternity?"
(a) He dives for cover.
(b) He shoots the thing that attacks him.
(c) He calls up Quath's signal.
(d) He cries for help.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the Mantis communicate with Toby?
2. How was the man in "Casualties" injured?
3. What makes Toby sick in "Hard Spark?"
4. In "The Esty Wind," what do Toby and Quath see as they walk in the Lane?
5. What does Killeen's image tell Toby in the operational center?
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