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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 is Sinon willing to become in order to help liberate Mortonridge?

2. When Joshua fears the worst happened to the habitat at the end of the final battle, who points out that there is not enough wreckage for the habitat to have been destroyed?

3. Who is in danger of getting caught in the crossfire as space is full of combat wasps and nukes?

4. Who plans to bring eternal night to Nyvan by blowing up an asteroid?

5. Where do the Capone ships move to avoid the crossfire as the Lady Mac goes into defensive position?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, how does the possibility of defeating Capone seem plausible?

2. Why does Quinn torture the Christian priest?

3. How can Gerard, Beth, and Rocio take down Kiera if they work together?

4. Why do Dariat and Rubra want to fuse their powers?

5. What does the revelation that Mzu's husband Peter was left on Beezling reveal about her motivations?

6. What happens when a possessed goes to zero tau?

7. Why are the Edenists willing to accept the hellhawk in Chapter 13?

8. Why is Bonney intent on killing Dariat?

9. What is the cliffhanger pertaining to Tranquility at the end of the book?

10. How have the main characters of Mzu, Joshua, Liol, Samuel, Monica, and others grown by the end of the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the significance of the novel's title. What did Hamilton mean by calling the book "The Neutronium Alchemist Conflict"? Cite an example or examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Zero-tau is a form of stasis that will freeze a person or thing in the space-time-continuum. How does time move and change as a result? Which characters express this and in what ways? How is sensory feeling suspended?

Essay Topic 3

Calvert and Mzu are two of the most active characters in determining the plot of the story.

Part 1) What is their relationship? How do they co-exist and how do they interact? What is similar about them and what is different? Compare and contrast.

Part 2) What are some events that Calvert had a direct influence upon? What are some events that Mzu had a direct influence upon?

Part 3) Which character offers support to the group? Which one is stronger and why?

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