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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 does Sa'oht do when the bomb goes off?
(a) Separates the sound strands.
(b) Throws rocks to drown out the sound.
(c) Puts himself to sleep.
(d) Sings with it.

2. What does Boult think the dolphins are hoarding?
(a) Energy.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Data.
(d) Technology.

3. What does Denni feel when she loses her concentration?
(a) Calm and peace.
(b) Complete dread.
(c) Lust and sexuality.
(d) Anger.

4. What is Toshio almost killed by in Chapter 1?
(a) A neo-dolphin.
(b) A claw fish.
(c) A digging worm.
(d) A sea weed.

5. What do the Soro plan to destroy when they get to Kithrup?
(a) A moon.
(b) The Streaker.
(c) The atmosphere.
(d) The central core.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of plane does Tom fly in front of a storm?

2. What kind of strange tree does Dennie destroy on Kithrup?

3. Why has the ship been closed down?

4. What are the Brothers of the Night?

5. What kind of leak is traced to the Streaker?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Creideiki do to comfort himself when he awakes, and what happens?

2. Why does Gillian get angry with Jim?

3. What has happened every time Client Races have tried to rebel?

4. Why does Creideiki accept Tom's risky plan for escape?

5. What is Metz trying to hide from the Captain?

6. Why has Streaker stopped in Kithrup at the beginning of the book?

7. What is Uplift?

8. What is Tom's plan for escape called? Why?

9. What is different about the Streaker?

10. When are excerpts of Gillian's journal used in the book?

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