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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group in the novel is domineering and can't imagine establishing relationships based on anything other than enforced slavery?
(a) The Emergents.
(b) The Qeng Ho.
(c) The Jong Da.
(d) The Liberators.

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

3. Ezr learns that the majority of senior crew members who were not killed in the attack are being held in what, in Chapter Nine?
(a) Coldsleep.
(b) Handcuffs.
(c) Contempt of court.
(d) Jail cells.

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

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

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

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

8. What is the name of Qiwi Lisolet's father?
(a) Jimmy Diem.
(b) Gonle Fong.
(c) Thomas Nau.
(d) Ali Lin.

9. In Chapter Nine, Thomas Nau points out the progress being made on an operation to mine what?
(a) Sapphires.
(b) Emeralds.
(c) Oil.
(d) Diamonds.

10. 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) Qiwi.
(b) Pham.
(c) Ali.
(d) Kira.

11. In Chapter Eighteen, how many years pass though most of the crew members spend a great deal of time in cold sleep?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

12. One of the programs being broadcast which Trixia uses as a source of information about the Spiders in Chapter Eighteen is what?
(a) A children's show about science.
(b) On a government network.
(c) About to go off the air.
(d) Is in an indecipherable language.

13. On the surface in Chapter Eleven, Jimmy and several members of his crew work while planning an attack on what?
(a) The Far Treasure.
(b) The Spider Nations.
(c) The On/Off Star.
(d) The Mine.

14. 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 star is on.
(d) The planet is radioactive.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the home planet of Pham Nuwen?

2. How many years have lapsed since Sherkaner's arrival at Lands Command in Chapter Six?

3. In Chapter Eighteen, the Spiders have made progress on the rebuilding that has to occur, including the completion of the what?

4. In Chapter Fifteen, there's a meeting in which who learns that one of the men focused on a particular project has become so caught up in the technicalities that he is no longer making progress?

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

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