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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 shows up at Landau's door?

2. For what does the Captain-Doctor say that he would have paid from the Investors?

3. Why are those people killed?

4. What shrinks to the arena far below?

5. What is the first thing the immortal rat does following its release?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Landau been waiting for, and why did he have to wait?

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

3. What makes it clear that the Investors hadn't intended to trade their pet?

4. What is Lindsay convinced about, regardless of what Vera says, in terms of the rat?

5. What is Dr. Afriel's mission?

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

7. What does Nikolai do in order to upset the Mechanist?

8. What is unique about "Fuzzy"?

9. How does Nikolai come to find the central question of the universe? What is the central question?

10. How is Wellspring dressed and why?

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

The social hierarchy of the Investors is interesting to examine, especially considering their lack of emotions. Describe and explain their social hierarchy and how the Investor society is established, and compare it to human society. What major differences, aside from the ability of interstellar travel, do both species possess?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Investors attachment to their "pet." How does this go against the knowledge previously offered about the Investors? What does this suggest about their social system? How does this make them more human-like?

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