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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What member of the crew reports seeing missiles targeting the Qeng Ho flagship, and then reports that the ship is gone in Chapter Seven?
(a) Captain Park.
(b) Jimmy Diem.
(c) Pham Trilini.
(d) Gonle Fong.

2. What is the name of the section of the ship where the waste is handled?
(a) Poop deck.
(b) Bactry.
(c) Incinerator.
(d) Septicary.

3. What is the name of Qiwi Lisolet's father?
(a) Thomas Nau.
(b) Gonle Fong.
(c) Ali Lin.
(d) Jimmy Diem.

4. In Chapter Seventeen, who created a club of sorts which, though not sanctioned by the Emergents, is allowed to exist and draws a great many visitors?
(a) Ali Lin.
(b) Jimmy Diem.
(c) Sura Vinh.
(d) Benny Wen.

5. How old was Pham Nuwen when a group of traders arrived on his home planet?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

6. In Chapter Nine, Thomas Nau points out the progress being made on an operation to mine what?
(a) Sapphires.
(b) Oil.
(c) Emeralds.
(d) Diamonds.

7. In Chapter Fourteen, Sherkaner explains that he has a plan to do what?
(a) Keep the On/Off Star permanently on.
(b) Extend coldsleep durations.
(c) Steal diamonds.
(d) Keep cities operating during the Dark.

8. Emergent managers induce obsession with a single idea or specialty, which they call what in the novel?
(a) Drive.
(b) Sight.
(c) Distillation.
(d) Focus.

9. In Chapter Twelve, the Relight is causing all sorts of problems, and what are floating near several of the ships?
(a) Enemy ships.
(b) Satellites.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Ice chunks.

10. Who has Sherkaner married in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Trixia Bronsol.
(b) Victory Smith.
(c) Jimmy Diem.
(d) He has not married.

11. Who predicts that the Emergents plan is to force the planet inhabitants into servitude in Chapter One?
(a) Thomas Nau.
(b) Trixia Bronsol.
(c) Ezr Vinh.
(d) Ritsel Brughel.

12. Who is the Qeng Ho leader in Chapter One?
(a) Benny Wen.
(b) Ezr Vinh.
(c) Captain Park.
(d) Trixia Bronsol.

13. In Chapter Sixteen, Ritsel says that he believes the mission can be accomplished sooner if they do what?
(a) Enslave at least 3 Spider nations.
(b) Eradicate every Spider nation.
(c) Take over at least one Spider nation.
(d) Make peace with the Spider nations.

14. On the surface in Chapter Eleven, Jimmy and several members of his crew work while planning an attack on what?
(a) The Mine.
(b) The Far Treasure.
(c) The Spider Nations.
(d) The On/Off Star.

15. Who wants to marry Sherkaner in Chapter Seven?
(a) Victory Smith.
(b) Captain Park.
(c) Floria Peres.
(d) Trixia Bronsol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jimmy's team find on board the Far Treasure in Chapter Twelve?

2. Some of the Qeng Ho people are reportedly being held hostage above a ship called what in Chapter Ten?

3. What population in the book are traders and tend to search for ways of establishing trading agreements wherever they are?

4. Pham Nuwen has the idea to create a race of what in Chapter Seventeen?

5. What two youngsters pop up out of the fur on Sherkaner's back when Unnerby visits in Chapter Eighteen?

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