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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. What population in the book are traders and tend to search for ways of establishing trading agreements wherever they are?
(a) The Emergents.
(b) The Liberators.
(c) The Qeng Ho.
(d) The Jong Da.

2. In Chapter Nineteen, the Spiders are how far through their Light years?
(a) One third.
(b) Halfway.
(c) Three fourths.
(d) Two thirds.

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

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

5. 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) Airport.
(d) Headquarters.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Sixteen, Ritsel says that he believes the mission can be accomplished sooner if they do what?

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

3. The inhabitants of Arachna are referred to as what?

4. What is the name of the section of the ship where the waste is handled?

5. How old is Qiwi Lin Lisolet when her family and the Qeng Ho arrive at the On/Off Star?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Whose voice did Ezr hear just before the explosion of the Far Treasure? What does he consider about what was said?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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