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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first Motie that Sally meets has an amazing capacity for doing what to her environment?
(a) Sensing it.
(b) Changing it.
(c) Controlling it.
(d) Observing it.

2. Where does Jonathan go so he can have a secure discussion with his captain?
(a) A closet.
(b) Space.
(c) The airlock.
(d) The engineering room.

3. When Rod holds a dinner party in Part 1, Chapter 3, who is invited?
(a) Officers and enlisted.
(b) Officers and guests.
(c) Officers only.
(d) Officers and passengers.

4. What is Horace Bury's occupation?
(a) Writer.
(b) Trader.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Manager.

5. What does Bury want to sell the little Moties for?
(a) Equipment repair.
(b) Servants.
(c) Helpers.
(d) Exotic pets.

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

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

8. The Motie assigned to Bury has a Master who is interested in what?
(a) Using the humans.
(b) Trade with humans.
(c) Resources the humans have.
(d) Human money.

9. When Cargill checks the gun batteries, what does he find?
(a) They are empty.
(b) They are filled with mini-Moties.
(c) The Moties have eaten them.
(d) They are missing.

10. When Blaine is first promoted to Captain, where was he supposed to take the ship for repairs?
(a) New England.
(b) New France.
(c) New Scotland.
(d) New London.

11. What class is the Motie who first spots the Empire ship?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Scientist.
(c) Geologist.
(d) Engineer.

12. 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.

13. Why do the Moties invite the MacArthur into orbit around their planet?
(a) To capture the MacArthur.
(b) To enslave the humans.
(c) To use the MacArthur.
(d) To visit.

14. How is the pod brought into the ship?
(a) It was piloted in.
(b) A hook and line.
(c) It voluntarily came in.
(d) A tractor beam.

15. 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 planet.
(c) To the Motie ship.
(d) To the Motie asteroid.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many arms does the alien on the pod have?

2. Who is the person who finally approves of the tunnel from the Motie ship to the cutter?

3. What kind of studies did Sally Fowler complete?

4. What kind of alert does Rod issue when he finds the mini-Moties have made alterations to his ship?

5. What rank does the commander of the Lenin hold?

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