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

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

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

4. Who has medical casts on all his left legs when he and Sherkaner meet for the first time?
(a) Hrunkner Unnerby.
(b) Gonle Fong.
(c) Thomas Nau.
(d) Captain Park.

5. In Chapter Sixteen, Ritsel briefs Thomas on specific issues and accuses Qiwi of what?
(a) Hearsay.
(b) Subversion.
(c) Arson.
(d) Treason.

Short Answer Questions

1. What member of the Qeng Ho is a linguistics expert, and her task as one of the focused is to learn all she can about the Spiders?

2. Ezr learns that the majority of senior crew members who were not killed in the attack are being held in what, in Chapter Nine?

3. Where is Sherkaner headed in Chapter Four?

4. Who asks for Ezr's insight in deciding how to deal with the Emergents in Chapter Two?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are Sherkaner's plans for the Spiders as technology develops in Chapter Fifteen?

4. What organic technology is being used by the Spiders in Chapter One?

5. Who is Pham Trilini? How is he described in the first chapters of the book?

6. What is cycling in relation to Spider reproduction?

7. Who are the Qeng Ho people, and what principle goal do they have as described in Chapter One?

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

9. What family does Sherkaner learn about from his former teacher in Chapter Four?

10. How is the university described in Chapter Fifteen?

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