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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 do mimoids duplicate?
(a) distant objects in space
(b) living creatures
(c) nearby innanimate objects
(d) other Solarian forms

2. When does Rheya say was the only time she lied to him?
(a) when she would not leave his side
(b) when she hid the tape recorder
(c) when she said she believed in him
(d) when she said she couldn't remember how she got there

3. What does Rheya think might help her stay out of Kelvin's sight?
(a) having a picture of him
(b) being hypnotized
(c) hearing his voice
(d) being unconscious

4. What does Snow say is the result of Sartorius' experiment?
(a) prolonged dying
(b) death for the wrong one
(c) a dangerous void
(d) an unstable field

5. Whose voice does Kelvin hear in his sleep?
(a) Sartorius's
(b) Snow's
(c) Rheya's
(d) Gibarian's

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem does Kelvin see in bringing Rheya to Earth?

2. What does Kelvin suddenly decide to do?

3. What does Kelvin tell Rheya about her blood?

4. What experiment does Snow suggest to Kelvin?

5. What does Kelvin say when Rheya asks if he would marry, if she were gone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Kelvin have not to tell Rheya what she wants to know?

2. Describe the ocean as Kelvin sees it, after leaving the research station for the first time.

3. How does Kelvin imagine his return to Earth?

4. Why doesn't Kelvin share his doubts about the upcoming experiment with Rheya?

5. What does Snow call Rheya?

6. Why doesn't Kelvin want to open a communications channel to the shuttle he launched?

7. Why does Rheya choose the method she uses to try to kill herself?

8. Describe Sartorius' speech to Kelvin before the experiment.

9. How does Rheya sign her suicide note?

10. Why does Snow want to give Kelvin a job to do?

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