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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 through 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the inhabitants of Arachna live while the sun is turned off?
(a) Underground.
(b) On webs they wove among the surface.
(c) In trees.
(d) Inside ice caves.

2. What is the name of the sun that turns itself off periodically and produces extreme temperatures on the planet Arachna?
(a) Spectramatic.
(b) Illuminar.
(c) Instadark.
(d) The On/Off Star.

3. In Chapter Ten, Ezr makes a show of demanding obedience to the Emergents' demands for Qeng Ho crewmembers to work doing what in preparation of the mining effort?
(a) Digging a tunnel.
(b) Building machinery.
(c) Crushing ore.
(d) Stabilizing a rock pile.

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

5. Who is the Qeng Ho leader in Chapter One?
(a) Trixia Bronsol.
(b) Ezr Vinh.
(c) Captain Park.
(d) Benny Wen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Pham Nuwen when a group of traders arrived on his home planet?

2. Pham Nuwen has the idea to create a race of what in Chapter Seventeen?

3. Where is Sherkaner headed in Chapter Four?

4. What refers to the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and do useful work?

5. Who does not allow himself into deep sleep and will therefore age more than any other crew members, as described in Chapter Fifteen?

(see the answer key)

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