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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. Who is the head of Collin's Tranquility office?

2. When the passenger aboard the Samaku asks to speak with Ayacucho's traffic control office about being denied access to dock, by what name is the Samaku's passenger going by?

3. As a result of the civil and commercial starflight quarantine, who is facing having to lay off staff in all seventeen of his company's foundry stations?

4. To whom does Joshua sell Lady Mac's sensor recordings?

5. When the ship that has dropped out of the communications net flies away, what does Louise say the ship is carrying?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Syrinx answer when the person waiting for her at the bungalow in Eden asks Syrnix about the past?

2. According to Dariat, what is Rubra's main priority?

3. According to Dariat, how could Dariat conceivably destroy Rubra?

4. What is Al Capone's only requirement for the non-possessed men who will be crewing Capone's new ships?

5. When the Admiral meets with the doctor at the Confederation Navy Intelligence Service's isolation facility, what is Capone doing according to the Edenists that are monitoring the events on New California?

6. When Genevieve sees the planet that contains the Lowell Sea, how does she describe the planet's difference from Norfolk?

7. While talking to Genevieve while the Far Realm is waiting to dock on Mars, to what does Louise compare the experience of being possessed?

8. Why does Kiera Salter consider Dariat to be a dangerous liability?

9. What does each bungalow on Eden have?

10. Why was the Confederation Navy Intelligence Service originally created?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The book is entitled, "The Neutronium Alchemist: Consolidation." Why did the author choose this title? How does the title foreshadow the events that unfold in the story, the people affected by the Alchemist, and the determination of Ralph Hiltch to set things right?

Essay Topic 2

There are many characters introduced in the story who do not survive until the end of the story. Identify at least three people killed as the novel progresses. Compare and contrast each of these deaths, being sure to indicate which character died, how the character died, who was responsible for the character's death, and what impact on the overall plot the character's death had. What could have or should have been learned from each of these deaths by the other characters?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the course of the novel, Joshua Calvert is involved with two quite different women. Compare and contrast the relationship Joshua has with Louise to the relationship Joshua has with Ione. Then, compare and contrast these two women. How do these two relationships influence not only Joshua, but also the other people in the story?

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