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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Afriel wish to convey to the symbiote?

2. What would this creature have missed if it would have had to absorb Dr. Afriel?

3. What shows up at Landau's door?

4. What is the name of the Investor pet?

5. How long does this new caste member live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had Pongpianskul attempted to do, and failed?

2. How is the killing of the people originally justified?

3. Why isn't intelligence a survival trait?

4. Why does Nikolai retire and commit suicide?

5. What is Dr. Afriel's mission?

6. What does the book refer to in Chapter Nine regarding the strain on humanity?

7. Why do the factions only get twelve hours?

8. What interesting information does Lindsay find out about Wellspring?

9. Who had been the previous occupant of the ship and what had happened to it?

10. Why is winter the season for pruning the sunken gardens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Lindsay's parting gift to Kitsune. How is this gift more than a little morbid and psychopathic? How could it backfire on Lindsay? What is the problem with giving a being that is hungry for power more and more of it?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the feuds against the Shapers. What characteristics make them so disliked? Who, specifically, doesn't like them and why? Do these presumed traits by enemies of the Shapers have merit? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Lindsay's initial lack of desire for going in for treatment for aging. What is he afraid to lose? Do these fears have merit? Why or why not? What could Lindsay stand to gain?

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