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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The inhabitants of Arachna are referred to as what?
(a) Crickets.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Frogs.
(d) Pods.

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

3. Some of the Qeng Ho people are reportedly being held hostage above a ship called what in Chapter Ten?
(a) The Far Treasure.
(b) Ticket to Adventure.
(c) The Star Gazer.
(d) Loula May III.

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

5. Ezr learns in Chapter Ten that the pain he'd felt was a virus given to many of the Qeng Ho, designed to do what?
(a) Blind them.
(b) Destroy bones and joints.
(c) Make them insane.
(d) Keep them incapacitated.

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

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

8. In Chapter Seven, there's a plan in place for a small force to wake during the Dark and to attack the Tiefstadt's what?
(a) Place of worship.
(b) Headquarters.
(c) Major supply center.
(d) Airport.

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

10. How long is Arachna's sun off during every 250-year cycle?
(a) 215 years.
(b) 200 years.
(c) 155 years.
(d) 190 years.

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

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

13. What is Sherkaner's last name?
(a) Underhill.
(b) Overland.
(c) Rodgers.
(d) Smith.

14. How did most of the crew of the Qeng Ho expedition spend the voyage?
(a) Preparing weapons.
(b) In cold sleep.
(c) Hungry.
(d) Bored.

15. In Chapter Four, Sherkaner notes a number of pregnant females and males carrying "_____ on their backs."
(a) Welts.
(b) Bumps.
(c) Tumors.
(d) Packs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why are the conditions on Arachna difficult for Ezr and his team in Chapter Three?

3. In Chapter Sixteen, Ritsel says that he believes the mission can be accomplished sooner if they do what?

4. What member of the crew reports seeing missiles targeting the Qeng Ho flagship, and then reports that the ship is gone in Chapter Seven?

5. The time in Chapter Four is shortly before the beginning of the what?

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