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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does it take the MacArthur to get to the rendezvous point with the alien ship?
(a) Four days.
(b) One day.
(c) Two days.
(d) Three days.

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

3. In response to Sally's first attempt at communication, what does the Motie take apart and rebuild?
(a) The video camera.
(b) The recorder.
(c) The space shuttle.
(d) The computer.

4. Small beings who fix things if left a gift is given what name on the MacArthur?
(a) Brownie disasters.
(b) Brownie fixing.
(c) Brownie gifts.
(d) Brownie encounters.

5. Why does Rod record everything at the meeting?
(a) For discovery.
(b) For science.
(c) For the record.
(d) In case they are captured.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of studies did Sally Fowler complete?

2. Whitbred finds out that the Moties can predict when Murcheson's Eye will do what?

3. A Master Motie is what color?

4. The Moties are directed, by their Master, to find out about what human ability?

5. How many vessels are going on the mission to The Mote?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the mummies from the asteroid display?

2. What is one of Rod's flaws?

3. What is one ability of humans that confuses the Moties?

4. What is the blindness that afflicts the humans when they visit the Motie zoo?

5. Who sees the risk in the escaped Moties aboard the MacArthur?

6. What is the primary purpose of the dinner party in relation to the plot of the story?

7. What does the visual record in The Church of Him show the Navy men?

8. How do the individuals on board the MacArthur demonstrate a class-system like the Motie Engineer?

9. What are the reactions of the humans to the reproduction between the small Moties after knowing that one changed from female to male?

10. Why are the humans on Mote Prime recalled to the ship via secret code?

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