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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. 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) Airport.
(b) Major supply center.
(c) Headquarters.
(d) Place of worship.

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

4. In Chapter Nineteen, the Spiders are how far through their Light years?
(a) One third.
(b) Two thirds.
(c) Three fourths.
(d) Halfway.

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

6. In Chapter Thirteen, who points out that the two factions now have no choice but to concentrate on joint survival?
(a) Victory Smith.
(b) Ezr Vinh.
(c) Trixia Bronsol.
(d) Thomas Nau.

7. Why are the conditions on Arachna difficult for Ezr and his team in Chapter Three?
(a) The star is off.
(b) The air tanks are low.
(c) The planet is radioactive.
(d) The star is on.

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

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

10. 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 Qeng Ho.
(c) The Liberators.
(d) The Emergents.

11. Where do the inhabitants of Arachna live while the sun is turned off?
(a) Inside ice caves.
(b) In trees.
(c) On webs they wove among the surface.
(d) Underground.

12. 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) Keep them incapacitated.
(b) Make them insane.
(c) Blind them.
(d) Destroy bones and joints.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Fourteen, who is driving with Unnerby and Sherkaner as passengers in the vehicle?

2. Who wants to marry Sherkaner in Chapter Seven?

3. What does Jimmy's team find on board the Far Treasure in Chapter Twelve?

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

5. In Chapter Eighteen, how many years pass though most of the crew members spend a great deal of time in cold sleep?

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