A Fire upon the Deep Short Question Test Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Prologue

1. How long does the narrator figure the archive has been lost to the net?

About 5 billion years.

2. Where are the archeologists from?

Straum.

3. How many stars does the planet the archeologists explore have?

One.

4. What would the Straumli archeologists sell when they were done?

The location of the planet they are exploring.

5. What do the Straumli archeologists call their settlement?

The high lab.

6. With what does the narrator say the humans are playing?

Fire.

7. What is built faster than anything on Straum?

A local network.

8. How is the archive described?

Friendly.

9. What should automation not need?

Self awareness.

10. What does automation say it should not be doing?

Talking.

11. What have the archeologists awakened?

An old evil.

12. What could steal the secrets the Straumli archeologists uncover?

The Powers.

13. Who does the ghost say conspires?