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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Twelve, the Relight is causing all sorts of problems, and what are floating near several of the ships?
(a) Enemy ships.
(b) Satellites.
(c) Ice chunks.
(d) Rocks.

2. How old was Pham Nuwen when a group of traders arrived on his home planet?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

3. In Chapter Seven, what elderly Qeng Ho is on the captain's bridge?
(a) Ezr Vinh.
(b) Director Ann Reynolt.
(c) Benny Wen.
(d) Pham Trilini.

4. Who seems to be a Programmer-at-Arms of the Qeng Ho, and is seen as a bumbling old guy who has few responsibilities and little skill or talent in Chapter One?
(a) Ali Lin.
(b) Pham Trilini.
(c) Kira.
(d) Luan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. How many years have lapsed since Sherkaner's arrival at Lands Command in Chapter Six?
(a) 9.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

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

13. 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) Ritsel Brughel.
(d) Pham Trilini.

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

15. Where is Sherkaner headed in Chapter Four?
(a) Space Command.
(b) Waters Command.
(c) Lands Command.
(d) Air Command.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Sherkaner's last name?

4. Who tells Ezr that he's to become the new fleet manager for the Qeng Ho in Chapter Nine?

5. What group in the novel is domineering and can't imagine establishing relationships based on anything other than enforced slavery?

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