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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The thoughts of the female Motie who is the first to spot the Empire ships indicate that the Moties operate in what kind of system?
(a) Family system.
(b) Primitive system.
(c) Free-culture system.
(d) Caste system.

2. Who tells the men that if they wanted to believe such a chance was a created phenomenon, they are welcome to do so?
(a) A historian.
(b) The priest.
(c) An archeologist.
(d) A museum curator.

3. What is not present to help Rob get to the Mote system?
(a) Fuel.
(b) Another ship.
(c) A jump point.
(d) Navigation charts.

4. Who volunteers to unload the artifacts from the shuttle to the MacArthur?
(a) Cargill.
(b) No one.
(c) Shannon.
(d) Whitbred.

5. The Moties are directed, by their Master, to find out about what human ability?
(a) Development.
(b) Procreation.
(c) Logic.
(d) Common sense.

6. The alien object appears to have come from what system?
(a) Coal Sack.
(b) Metal Mines.
(c) Farm Land.
(d) Smoke Stack.

7. When the shrouds connecting the pod to the sail are cut, what does the pod do?
(a) Runs into the MacArthur.
(b) Fall towards the sun.
(c) Escapes into a warm hole.
(d) Speeds away.

8. When the MacArthur learns that another ship is on its way to meet them while they are observing the Moties, where does the MacArthur send a small expedition?
(a) To the Motie homeworld.
(b) To the Motie asteroid.
(c) To the Motie ship.
(d) To the Motie planet.

9. How many vessels are going on the mission to The Mote?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

10. What emotion does Rob feel when he learns the size of the alien object?
(a) Anger.
(b) Fear.
(c) Inspiration.
(d) Awe.

11. In Part 2, Chapter 17, how many classifications of Moties does everyone think there is?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

12. Where is the zoo on the Motie home world located?
(a) Underground.
(b) A building.
(c) The mountains.
(d) The park.

13. What type of message did Rob receive that told him an alien object had entered the system?
(a) Secret message.
(b) Important message.
(c) Coded message.
(d) Priority message.

14. In Part 1, Chapter 9, what aspect of human society is further explained to the reader?
(a) Economics.
(b) Politics.
(c) Religion.
(d) Family life.

15. Who is the person who finally approves of the tunnel from the Motie ship to the cutter?
(a) The Chancellor.
(b) The Admiral.
(c) The Viceroy.
(d) Rod.

Short Answer Questions

1. Humanity expanded throughout space rather than becoming what?

2. When Whitbred is dressed down into a tight skin suit, what do the Moties do?

3. A Master Motie is what color?

4. When Cargill checks the gun batteries, what does he find?

5. Why is the MacArthur going to move further away from the Motie ship after the miniature Motie escaped?

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