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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and do useful work?
(a) Thermal energy.
(b) Isotopes.
(c) Radiation.
(d) Atomic power.

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

3. Who is the Qeng Ho leader in Chapter One?
(a) Trixia Bronsol.
(b) Captain Park.
(c) Ezr Vinh.
(d) Benny Wen.

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

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

6. Who questions Ezr's loyalty to the Qeng Ho in Chapter Ten?
(a) Hrunkner Unnerby.
(b) Jimmy Diem.
(c) Gonle Fong.
(d) Thomas Nau.

7. Emergent managers induce obsession with a single idea or specialty, which they call what in the novel?
(a) Drive.
(b) Distillation.
(c) Focus.
(d) Sight.

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

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

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

11. 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) Jail cells.
(c) Contempt of court.
(d) Handcuffs.

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

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

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

15. The region of the planet Arachna is provided light and warmth only about how many years out of every cycle of 250 years?
(a) 50.
(b) 95.
(c) 60.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. From whom does Sherkaner rent a room for the night in Chapter Four?

4. Which of the Spiders becomes crazed with fear and dies in Chapter Eight?

5. Where do the inhabitants of Arachna live while the sun is turned off?

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