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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lanik ask for this particular thing after being challenged by the young boy?
(a) It would be beautiful.
(b) He is hot.
(c) It is dramatic.
(d) He is thirsty.

2. How is Lanik treated by his guards?
(a) Lanik is tortured.
(b) Lanik is revered.
(c) Lanik is teased.
(d) Lanik is pitied.

3. Lanik becomes legendary in the land of Sill. What is Lanik known as?
(a) The Running Man.
(b) The Naked Man.
(c) The Earth Mover.
(d) The Three-Armed Man.

4. According to Lanik's first conversation with the highest official in the land, what do the Nkumai people sell for iron?
(a) Freshly caught rain water.
(b) Rare tree bark.
(c) The smells of the swamp.
(d) Vessels carved from wood.

5. What is wrong with the bread served to Lanik by the slavers?
(a) The bread is old.
(b) The bread is unleavened.
(c) The bread is stale.
(d) The bread is moldy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon arriving in Nkumai, where does the guide take Lanik?

2. What do the boat owners decide to do with Lanik?

3. What does Lanik realize as he watches the people who make their home in the desert?

4. What does transsexual growth indicate?

5. Who is the original settler of Nkumai?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unique about a radical regenerative?

2. Why is Lanik finally accepted into the old lady's house?

3. The group of men in the desert "heals" Lanik. What is the result of the group's healing?

4. Why does Lanik not sever his thumbs in order to escape the cruel bonds?

5. Why do the Nkumai bind their prisoners' hands with cruel bonds?

6. What does the old soldier hope that Lanik will learn from the books the soldier has?

7. Why do the captain and crew eventually beg Lanik for mercy?

8. Describe the process of giving someone "grief."

9. What does the young boy in the desert teach Lanik?

10. Describe Mwabao Mawa.

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