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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26 through 43.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The region of the planet Arachna is provided light and warmth only about how many years out of every cycle of 250 years?
(a) 60.
(b) 95.
(c) 50.
(d) 35.

2. 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) Crushing ore.
(b) Digging a tunnel.
(c) Stabilizing a rock pile.
(d) Building machinery.

3. Which of the children who was kidnapped is dead in Chapter Thirty-Two?
(a) Trud.
(b) Pedure.
(c) Brent.
(d) Gokna.

4. 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?
(a) Jimmy Diem.
(b) Benny Wen.
(c) Ali Lin.
(d) Sura Vinh.

5. How many children are taken away by Spiders who are dressed as guards in Chapter Twenty-Eight?
(a) 15.
(b) 6.
(c) 21.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Thirty-Eight, Pham recalls a meeting where he found himself involved in a plot to do what?

2. In Chapter Twenty-Three, the radio station is legal and privately-owned, meaning the only effective method of shutting it down lies in what?

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

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

5. In Chapter Thirty, who learns that those listening to Spider broadcasts have discovered where the children are being held, even though the Spiders themselves are unable to figure it out?

(see the answer key)

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