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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. What population in the book are traders and tend to search for ways of establishing trading agreements wherever they are?
(a) The Jong Da.
(b) The Liberators.
(c) The Emergents.
(d) The Qeng Ho.

2. Emergent managers induce obsession with a single idea or specialty, which they call what in the novel?
(a) Drive.
(b) Distillation.
(c) Focus.
(d) Sight.

3. What redheaded female is a member of the Emergents and is among those who have been focused?
(a) Victory Smith.
(b) Pham Trilini.
(c) Director Ann Reynolt.
(d) Sura Vinh.

4. What two youngsters pop up out of the fur on Sherkaner's back when Unnerby visits in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Rhapsa and Hrunkner.
(b) Kira and Luan.
(c) Brent and Ritsel.
(d) Pedure and Trud.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Fifteen, there's a meeting in which who learns that one of the men focused on a particular project has become so caught up in the technicalities that he is no longer making progress?

2. In Chapter Eighteen, the Spiders have made progress on the rebuilding that has to occur, including the completion of the what?

3. What was the home planet of Pham Nuwen?

4. Who has medical casts on all his left legs when he and Sherkaner meet for the first time?

5. In Chapter Seventeen, who created a club of sorts which, though not sanctioned by the Emergents, is allowed to exist and draws a great many visitors?

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