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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 do the Terrans want?

2. What doesn't Landau fear any longer?

3. What does Mirasol have to think of?

4. What body part does Nikolai replace?

5. What does Spider Rose decide the pet is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why isn't intelligence a survival trait?

2. Why do the Cicadas need to bathe but Lindsay does not?

3. Why do the factions only get twelve hours?

4. What is so special about the discreets?

5. For what reason does the Mechanist woman propose marriage?

6. How does Mirasol view the orbiting city? Why does she feel this way?

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

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

9. Why is the Queen's departure the death knell for CK?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Dr. Mirny's interpretation of the Swarm. How does she see them? Is this analysis accurate? Suggest reasons why the intelligent caste of the swarm takes over what was once its best ally. Is this a sound and logical move or one made out of emotion? Justify your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the Investors way regarding business. Compare it with the way business models are done in our world. What are some of the main differences? Some similarities? Would the Investors way of doing business succeed on Earth? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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