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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the person helping Lanik finally willing to help him?
(a) The person helping Lanik has no love for the king.
(b) The person helping Lanik has also been wrongfully accused.
(c) The person helping Lanik is a rebel spy.
(d) The person helping Lanik is a loyal citizen.

2. What does Lanik demand from the captain of the slave ship?
(a) To be freed unconditionally.
(b) To be thrown overboard.
(c) To be given edible food.
(d) To be set ashore on the nearest land.

3. What are "cruel bonds"?
(a) Bamboo laced with glass.
(b) Wire-edged ropes.
(c) Ropes covered with sharp glass.
(d) Handcuffs.

4. What do the people in Nkumai eat?
(a) Rodents.
(b) Fish.
(c) Root vegetables.
(d) Birds.

5. What people are on the ship that picks up Lanik?
(a) Rebels.
(b) Traders.
(c) Nkumaians.
(d) Slavers.

6. Who does Lanik meet as he travels to Ku Kuei?
(a) An old lady.
(b) A young boy.
(c) A young woman.
(d) An angry soldier.

7. Why does Lanik demand to be taken above-board on the slave ship?
(a) Because Lanik wants to face his captors.
(b) Because Lanik needs to see the sun.
(c) Because Lanik wants to offer the captain a bribe.
(d) Because the other prisoners get to go above-board.

8. What happens when the guards inform Lanik that his cover has been blown?
(a) Lanik kills the guards.
(b) Lanik begs for mercy.
(c) Lanik joins the rebel forces.
(d) Lanik explains the situation.

9. What two words describe the people aboard the slave ship?
(a) Loving and kind.
(b) Cruel and loving.
(c) Cruel and sentimental.
(d) Sentimental and kind.

10. What happens at least twice a day in Nkumai?
(a) The sun burns the leaves.
(b) It gets foggy.
(c) The people descend to find food.
(d) It rains.

11. How big is the cell on the ship in which Lanik is imprisoned?
(a) Three meters wide.
(b) Two meters wide.
(c) One meter wide.
(d) Four meters wide.

12. What does transsexual growth indicate?
(a) Racial regeneration.
(b) Superficial regeneration.
(c) Radical regeneration.
(d) Specific regeneration.

13. When Lanik flings himself into the ocean, what does he hope for?
(a) To be rescued by a nearby boat.
(b) To float away to safety.
(c) To drown.
(d) To land safely on another shore.

14. As the main character prepares to leave his homeland, what does he notice being kept in pens?
(a) Livestock.
(b) Convicted felons.
(c) Untamed lions.
(d) Radical regeneratives.

15. What is the only way to kill a regenerative?
(a) Cut out the regenerative's heart.
(b) Set the regenerative on fire.
(c) Stab through the regenerative's heart.
(d) Cut off the regenerative's head.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first town that Lanik comes to?

2. What land are the slavers from?

3. How does the Family first receive regenerative powers?

4. Which wife of Mueller is Lanik's mother?

5. What is the name of the land in which the inhabitants live high in the trees?

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