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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. According to Wing-Tsit, what is the great unknown?

2. According to the conversation that takes place at the bungalow in Eden, what is the giver in the Buddhist act of giving called?

3. On what planet is the Lowell Sea?

4. When the navy squadron's commanding admiral raises the fleet's condition level to amber, which ship has dropped out of the communications net?

5. How old is Aulie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the report from Darcy and Lori received by Gilmore indicate that Gilmore is currently researching?

2. According to what Syrinx remembers Aulie telling her, what does separation generate?

3. According to what Wing-Tsit tells Syrinx during their eighth meeting, what does Wing-Tsit want Syrinx to do moving forward?

4. 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?

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

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

7. What is the multiplicity made up of?

8. According to the Admiral in charge of the Confederation Navy Intelligence Service, who has been taking the worst casualty losses when the possessed attempt to take them over?

9. At the beginning of Chapter 9, why does Nicolai want to meet with Capone?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the groups of people trying to gain control of the Alchemist weapon. Compare and contrast these groups in terms of overall number, organization, overall motivation, ability to plan, and success achieved. How are they similar? How are they different?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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