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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Brothers of the Night?

2. What did the Streaker once trade with a ship in another galaxy?

3. What kind of creature is Charles Dart?

4. What does Gillian have dreams about after Tom leaves?

5. How does the Acceptor command his enemies?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gillian learn about the truth onboard the ship?

2. What does Krat want to do after the battle setback at the beginning of the book?

3. What does Charles discover about the sophonts while on Kithrup?

4. What does Hikahi tell the Captain about the wreck they surveyed?

5. What is different about the Streaker?

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

7. What brings Tom out of his trance after the crash?

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

9. How does Hikahi calm others during the first psi-attack?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Uplift, and what role does it play in this plot?

Essay Topic 2

Courage and fear are two very important themes that overlap in this book many times. What are some examples of these themes, and how do these examples affect the progression of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Gillian and Dennie are similar in many ways, and yet they have some important differences. Using citations from the book, compare and contrast these two important characters from the book.

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