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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 ratio of the Eye?

2. What would Seeker have named her child?

3. What is not unique about Bisesa's phone?

4. What do the Mongols do in their saddles?

5. How long has the army been at war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What moment has Musa been waiting for?

2. How does Sable have a good idea of who they are coming up against when they land?

3. Why does Bisesa avoid telling the people of Jamrud their future?

4. Why does the phone fail to reveal all the information?

5. How is the land different to Seeker?

6. How does Abdikadir explain Bisesa's knowledge of Lahore?

7. Why is the ride in the Bird uncomfortable?

8. What is the turning point in the way the Mongols treat Sable?

9. How is Captain Grove as isolated as Bisesa?

10. Why is it impossible for Tau Ceti to nova?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bisesa pleads with the eye, explaining that she had "done all they asked." What kinds of things regarding Bisesa's relationship with Josh, the conflict between Bisesa and Sable, and the continued study of the eye might have been at the Eye's behest? What leads you to believe this?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Seeker's reaction to the world around them, once the netting has been removed. Compare it to what happens once a person who has been held captive goes through once they have been released. Are there any elements that differ, other than appearance? What does this say about Seeker?

Essay Topic 3

Provide a reason as to why Bisesa's time frame is not sampled. How does this make life all the more difficult for Bisesa and the people from the twenty-first century? What kinds of things has to be retaught to the remaining humanity and what revolutions are likely to occur within a short period of time?

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