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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pham Nuwen has the idea to create a race of what in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) Traders.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Sailors.
(d) Fisherman.

2. Which of the Spiders becomes crazed with fear and dies in Chapter Eight?
(a) Brent.
(b) Trud.
(c) Gil.
(d) Gokna.

3. Who questions Ezr's loyalty to the Qeng Ho in Chapter Ten?
(a) Jimmy Diem.
(b) Gonle Fong.
(c) Thomas Nau.
(d) Hrunkner Unnerby.

4. Who tells Ezr that he's to become the new fleet manager for the Qeng Ho in Chapter Nine?
(a) Trixia Bronsol.
(b) Thomas Nau.
(c) Jimmy Diem.
(d) Director Ann Reynolt.

5. What member of one of the families that owns interest in the Qeng Ho expedition is working as an apprentice Trader when the ships reach Arachna?
(a) Thomas Nau.
(b) Gonle Fong.
(c) Ezr Vinh.
(d) Jimmy Diem.

6. In Chapter Fourteen, Sherkaner explains that he has a plan to do what?
(a) Keep the On/Off Star permanently on.
(b) Keep cities operating during the Dark.
(c) Extend coldsleep durations.
(d) Steal diamonds.

7. 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 Qeng Ho.
(d) The Emergents.

8. In Chapter Three, Ezr's group finds what appears to be the remains of what structure in Arachna?
(a) A bank.
(b) A prison.
(c) A computer factory.
(d) A library.

9. What junior quartermaster is angry over the lack of technology available in Chapter Ten?
(a) Ezr Vinh.
(b) Jimmy Diem.
(c) Gonle Fong.
(d) Captain Park.

10. What is Qiwi Lisolet's mother's name?
(a) Rhapsa.
(b) Gokna.
(c) Pedure.
(d) Kira.

11. Who wants to marry Sherkaner in Chapter Seven?
(a) Victory Smith.
(b) Trixia Bronsol.
(c) Floria Peres.
(d) Captain Park.

12. Who does not allow himself into deep sleep and will therefore age more than any other crew members, as described in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Pham Trilini.
(b) Jimmy Diem.
(c) Hrunkner Unnerby.
(d) Thomas Nau.

13. What was the home planet of Pham Nuwen?
(a) Sagarphen.
(b) Frandicine.
(c) Canberra.
(d) Marmotia.

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

15. What does Sherkaner tell the person he rents a room from he is considering doing in Chapter Four?
(a) Leaving town.
(b) Enlisting in the military.
(c) Commiting suicide.
(d) Finding a job.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Qeng Ho leader in Chapter One?

2. What two youngsters pop up out of the fur on Sherkaner's back when Unnerby visits in Chapter Eighteen?

3. What member of the Qeng Ho is a linguistics expert, and her task as one of the focused is to learn all she can about the Spiders?

4. How old is Qiwi Lin Lisolet when her family and the Qeng Ho arrive at the On/Off Star?

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

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