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

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

3. Who emerges from the nearby trees while Quath and Toby are in the esty park?
(a) Killeen and Cermo.
(b) The Honor Guard.
(c) Killeen and Jocelyn.
(d) Abraham.

4. What does Toby do when he finds the dead bird that spoke to him?
(a) He buries it.
(b) He revives it.
(c) He offers it to the Mantis.
(d) He burns it to ashes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "Anything you understand, you can use?"

2. According to Quath, what is "the Redoubt?"

3. What does Toby want to do in "Unsettled Movement?"

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

5. Where do Toby and Quath rest while trying to find their way back from the Redoubt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Toby surprised to sense the Mantis in "Hard Spark?"

2. Describe what happens when Toby is attacked in "The Pain of Eternity."

3. What is the message that the injured man has for Toby in "Casualties?"

4. What is the woman doing in the maize fields?

5. How does Shibo try to stop Toby from removing her chip from his head?

6. What does Toby miss in "The Pain of Eternity?"

7. Why do Toby and the Shibo Personality argue in "The Rock of Chaos?"

8. Describe the injured man in "Casualties."

9. In "Hard Spark," why does Quath say that water is scarce?

10. Why do the mechs and argue in "Animal Spirits?"

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