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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20 through 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Twenty-Four, the debate against allowing the Spider program to continue is voiced by who and two of Sherkaner's children?
(a) Gokna.
(b) Luan.
(c) Pedure.
(d) Kira.

2. What refers to the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and do useful work?
(a) Thermal energy.
(b) Radiation.
(c) Isotopes.
(d) Atomic power.

3. In Chapter Twelve, the Relight is causing all sorts of problems, and what are floating near several of the ships?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Enemy ships.
(c) Satellites.
(d) Ice chunks.

4. In Chapter Four, Sherkaner notes a number of pregnant females and males carrying "_____ on their backs."
(a) Bumps.
(b) Welts.
(c) Packs.
(d) Tumors.

5. What is the name of the section of the ship where the waste is handled?
(a) Septicary.
(b) Poop deck.
(c) Bactry.
(d) Incinerator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What faction of the Spiders is Sherkaner working for in Chapter Six?

2. What man assigned to oversee the focused linguists during the translation rushes back to face Thomas Nau, knowing that he's going to be blamed for not providing adequate oversight in Chapter Twenty-Four?

3. What refers to a stratagem employed to conceal something or evade an argument?

4. Emergent managers induce obsession with a single idea or specialty, which they call what in the novel?

5. In Chapter Twenty-One, Thomas Nau has to hollow out a cave in one of the orbiting what?

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