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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks for Ezr's insight in deciding how to deal with the Emergents in Chapter Two?
(a) Pham Trilini.
(b) Thomas Nau.
(c) Director Ann Reynolt.
(d) Captain Park.

2. What vice-podmaster arrives in the garden angry because the park is closed and Qiwi is there, in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Benny Wen.
(b) Victory Smith.
(c) Pham Trilini.
(d) Ritsel Brughel.

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

4. Who predicts that the Emergents plan is to force the planet inhabitants into servitude in Chapter One?
(a) Trixia Bronsol.
(b) Ritsel Brughel.
(c) Ezr Vinh.
(d) Thomas Nau.

5. How old was Qiwi Lin Lisolet when her family and the Qeng Ho set out for the On/Off Star?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 4.

6. What does Ezr Vinh refer to Qiwi Lin Lisolet as in the novel?
(a) The joker.
(b) Bumblebee.
(c) The Brat.
(d) Smartypants.

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

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

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

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

11. During the relighting of the On/Off Star in Chapter Eleven, who has ideas for the job but is forced to remain on board while Jimmy handles the project?
(a) Ali.
(b) Pham.
(c) Qiwi.
(d) Kira.

12. Who is the head of the Emergents' expedition and is a man whose greed makes him oblivious to everything else?
(a) Thomas Nau.
(b) Ann Reynolt.
(c) Hrunkner Unnerby.
(d) Victory Smith.

13. 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) Jimmy Diem.
(c) Gonle Fong.
(d) Ezr Vinh.

14. 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) Benny Wen.
(b) Ali Lin.
(c) Jimmy Diem.
(d) Sura Vinh.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the programs being broadcast which Trixia uses as a source of information about the Spiders in Chapter Eighteen is what?

2. What is the name of the sun that turns itself off periodically and produces extreme temperatures on the planet Arachna?

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

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

5. Who wants to marry Sherkaner in Chapter Seven?

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