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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Toby and his kind.
(d) Information about how the Myriapodia evolved.

2. In "The Rock of Chaos," what happens when the timestone ruptures?
(a) A mech flies out.
(b) A stalk-thing pokes out.
(c) Quath falls into a crevice.
(d) The Redoubt starts to disintegrate.

3. How long has Walmsley been waiting for Toby?
(a) Almost thirty thousand years.
(b) Nearly fifty thousand years.
(c) A million years.
(d) A millenium.

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

5. What does Toby smell in "Salvage?"
(a) A floral scent.
(b) A sour scent.
(c) A burnt scent.
(d) A foul scent.

6. In "Mind Surgery," what does Toby take from his field kit?
(a) Bandages.
(b) Tools.
(c) Food.
(d) Fresh water.

7. What does the Mantis tell Toby about itself?
(a) It has Toby's best interests at heart.
(b) It is king of the mechs.
(c) It knows everything.
(d) It is an anthology intelligence.

8. Where is Toby at the start of "Salvage?"
(a) In a tunnel.
(b) In a valley.
(c) On a cliff.
(d) In a cave.

9. What is another name for ?
(a) The Exterminator.
(b) The Mantis.
(c) Abraham.
(d) The Wedge.

10. What does Toby do when he is attacked in "The Pain of Eternity?"
(a) He calls up Quath's signal.
(b) He shoots the thing that attacks him.
(c) He cries for help.
(d) He dives for cover.

11. What does Quath do when she sees a second bird in the Lane?
(a) She grabs it.
(b) She shoots it.
(c) She traps it.
(d) She eats it.

12. Who/what does Toby see in the beginning of "Phantoms?"
(a) Killeen.
(b) The Argo.
(c) The Mantis.
(d) A pyramid.

13. In "Casualties," what has been attacking the people?
(a) Bird things.
(b) Snake things.
(c) Shiny orbs.
(d) Helical things.

14. Where does Toby sleep in "Rational Laughter?"
(a) On a ship.
(b) In a shed.
(c) In a box.
(d) On the grass.

15. In "The Pain of Eternity," what part of Toby is injured during the attack?
(a) His right side.
(b) His left leg.
(c) His right foot.
(d) His left foot.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Passing Currents," what does Toby realize is different about the higher mechs?

2. What happens to Toby and Quath after they stop falling from the esty?

3. What happens to the bird in "Eating the Storm?"

4. Why does Quath think the birds are in the Lane?

5. What did Toby sense when the discharge racked his body?

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