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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. What is another name for ?
(a) The Wedge.
(b) The Mantis.
(c) Abraham.
(d) The Exterminator.

2. How long has Walmsley been waiting for Toby?
(a) A million years.
(b) A millenium.
(c) Almost thirty thousand years.
(d) Nearly fifty thousand years.

3. In "The Rock of Chaos," what happens when the timestone ruptures?
(a) The Redoubt starts to disintegrate.
(b) A stalk-thing pokes out.
(c) Quath falls into a crevice.
(d) A mech flies out.

4. From what family is the pyramid dwarf?
(a) Brago.
(b) Banshee.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Brits.

5. What did Toby sense when the discharge racked his body?
(a) The essence of the universe.
(b) The power of the Mantis.
(c) The many lives that have suffered and died.
(d) His mortality.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Animal Spirits," where do the mechs say must go?

2. In "Rational Laughter," who/what does Toby flee?

3. In "Unsettled Movement," what does Toby eat?

4. What injury does Toby sustain in "Hard Spark?"

5. What does Toby think of the injured man's new face?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Passing Currents," what does Toby realize about the storm he has just endured?

2. What is the rock of chaos?

3. Describe the people that Toby first encounters in "Rational Laughter."

4. What is the message that the injured man has for Toby in "Casualties?"

5. What happens at the end of "The Sea of Sands?"

6. Describe Toby's experience with Nigel in the last chapter of the book.

7. Describe the injured man in "Casualties."

8. What does Killeen's image tell Toby?

9. Why is Toby surprised to sense the Mantis in "Hard Spark?"

10. In "The Sea of Sands," how does Toby learn that the Mantis has found him?

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