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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. In Chapter Three, Ezr's group finds what appears to be the remains of what structure in Arachna?
(a) A bank.
(b) A prison.
(c) A library.
(d) A computer factory.

2. Why are the Qeng Ho operating with less technology than usual in Chapter Ten?
(a) A computer virus corrupted most of it.
(b) There is no power to run it.
(c) The Emergents took it.
(d) They can't get replacement parts.

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

4. 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) Contempt of court.
(b) Handcuffs.
(c) Coldsleep.
(d) Jail cells.

5. What two youngsters pop up out of the fur on Sherkaner's back when Unnerby visits in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Pedure and Trud.
(b) Kira and Luan.
(c) Brent and Ritsel.
(d) Rhapsa and Hrunkner.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What population in the book are traders and tend to search for ways of establishing trading agreements wherever they are?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Ezr discover about his injury during the attack in Chapter Ten?

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

7. What is "mindrot" and how is it used in the attack in Chapters Seven and Eight?

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

9. What is cycling in relation to Spider reproduction?

10. How is the university described in Chapter Fifteen?

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