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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 the name of the person who diagnosis Raul's illness?

2. Who do Mustafa and Father Farrell torture for information?

3. Who travels on the drop ship to Old Earth?

4. Who is the leader of the Pax Mecantilus?

5. Why is Raul assigned a guard to watch over him in Lock Childe Lamonde?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Raul and Aenea's dream conversations in Chapter 8.

2. Describe Captain DeSoya.

3. Describe the Core's loyalty to the Church.

4. According to Raul, what does Father Clifton's doctrine prompt?

5. Who is Rachel Weintraub?

6. What does Aenea describe to Raul once they arrive in Hannibal, Missouri?

7. What does the Shrike do to every one of its victims' bodies?

8. Describe the beginning of the Pax's raids in Chapter 9.

9. What is ironic about Raul's affliction?

10. Describe what Raul calculates in Chapter 16.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and describe the irony of Raul's affliction from a kidney stone to the events of his life prior to drinking from the public well in Lock Childe Lamonde.

Essay Topic 2

Explain and discuss how the community of Lock Childe Lamonde demonstrated a resistance to converting to Catholicism.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and describe the conflict in Raul's feeling of failure when he could not save Aenea, although she had it planned that way from the beginning.

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