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

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

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

4. Who is the head of the Emergents' expedition and is a man whose greed makes him oblivious to everything else?
(a) Hrunkner Unnerby.
(b) Thomas Nau.
(c) Ann Reynolt.
(d) Victory Smith.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the Qeng Ho operating with less technology than usual in Chapter Ten?

2. How old was Qiwi Lin Lisolet when her family and the Qeng Ho set out for the On/Off Star?

3. Lands Command is where the Spiders conduct their most serious what?

4. The region of the planet Arachna is provided light and warmth only about how many years out of every cycle of 250 years?

5. What faction of the Spiders is Sherkaner working for in Chapter Six?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who explains the use of "mindrot" to Ezr in Chapter Ten? How is it related to "focus"?

2. How is the university described in Chapter Fifteen?

3. Who are Sherkaner's children in Chapter Fifteen?

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

5. How is Spider civilization described by the author in the first chapters of the book?

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

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

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

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

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

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