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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter Ten, Ezr makes a show of demanding obedience to the Emergents' demands for Qeng Ho crewmembers to work doing what in preparation of the mining effort?
(a) Crushing ore.
(b) Digging a tunnel.
(c) Building machinery.
(d) Stabilizing a rock pile.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On the surface in Chapter Eleven, Jimmy and several members of his crew work while planning an attack on what?

2. Who has Sherkaner married in Chapter Fourteen?

3. Some of the Qeng Ho people are reportedly being held hostage above a ship called what in Chapter Ten?

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

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What took place on the Far Treasure during the attack by the Emergents? What did Jimmy find?

2. How are the parks described in Chapters Ten and Eleven?

3. What creature do Sherk and Tarant encounter during the attack of the supply station in Chapter Seven?

4. What is cycling in relation to Spider reproduction?

5. How do the Emergents differ from the Qeng Ho in their exploration of other planets?

6. Who is Thomas Nau and how did he come to his position in the mission?

7. What is the relationship between Victory Smith and Sherkaner like in the first chapters of the book?

8. How is Ezr injured during the attack in Chapter Seven?

9. How is Arachna described in the book? What periods of time are in darkness there and why?

10. What promotion does Ezr receive in Chapter Nine? Why?

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