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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 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) Major supply center.
(c) Headquarters.
(d) Airport.

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?
(a) Trixia Bronsol.
(b) Ezr Vinh.
(c) Gonle Fong.
(d) Thomas Nau.

3. Who tells Ezr that he's to become the new fleet manager for the Qeng Ho in Chapter Nine?
(a) Thomas Nau.
(b) Jimmy Diem.
(c) Trixia Bronsol.
(d) Director Ann Reynolt.

4. What group in the novel is domineering and can't imagine establishing relationships based on anything other than enforced slavery?
(a) The Jong Da.
(b) The Qeng Ho.
(c) The Emergents.
(d) The Liberators.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who seems to be a Programmer-at-Arms of the Qeng Ho, and is seen as a bumbling old guy who has few responsibilities and little skill or talent in Chapter One?

2. What does Ezr Vinh refer to Qiwi Lin Lisolet as in the novel?

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

4. Who is the Qeng Ho leader in Chapter One?

5. In Chapter Seven, what elderly Qeng Ho is on the captain's bridge?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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