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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. Who says that the plans to remain during the Dark sound like a plan to commit a mass murder in the end of the debate in Chapter Twenty-Four?
(a) Brent.
(b) Gokna.
(c) Trud.
(d) Pedure.

2. Who notes that he's probably the only person who knows what happened to Jimmy Diem's crew, other than the murderers, and pledges to avenge that group in Chapter Twenty-Five?
(a) Jimmy Diem.
(b) Thomas Nau.
(c) Pham Trilini.
(d) Ezr Vinh.

3. What was the technology called which were used for many purposes, but Pham's initial contact with them included the owner's use of them to read Pham's organ functions and thought processes without his knowledge that it was happening?
(a) Focus.
(b) Mindrot.
(c) ESP.
(d) Stabilizers.

4. In Chapter Thirty-Eight, Pham recalls a meeting where he found himself involved in a plot to do what?
(a) Steal money.
(b) Blow up a planet.
(c) Kill billions of people.
(d) Mislead the public.

5. In Chapter Twenty-Three, the radio station is legal and privately-owned, meaning the only effective method of shutting it down lies in what?
(a) Government oversight.
(b) A church-oriented boycott.
(c) Issuing fines.
(d) Public outrage.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Forty, the Spiders have the first official day of what?

2. Who are the parents of the two children who are encountered by Serkaner's children in Chapter Twenty-Eight?

3. Pham Trilini sees that having focused people in the Qeng Ho could increase the power of what in Chapter Twenty-Two?

4. What does Ezr hear and know that the situation is serious with at least one dying from the disease in Chapter Twenty-Five?

5. Who gives up information about Qeng Ho technology in Chapter Twenty?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Sherkaner different than the majority of Spider society?

2. How does Pham contact Ezr in Chapter Twenty-Six? What is Ezr's reaction to Pham?

3. Who are "Captain Lisolet" and "The Man" from the book's Prologue? How are they explained in Chapter Forty-Three?

4. What children arrive at the Royal Museum in Chapters Twenty-Seven and Twenty-Eight?

5. Why does Thomas Nau propose a toast to the two groups in Chapter Forty-Two?

6. What are Pham's thoughts on the focusing process in Chapter Twenty-Two?

7. How does Victory Junior feel about the kidnapping after the children are rescued?

8. What does Victory Smith reveal about Pedure in Chapter Twenty-Five?

9. How does Unnerby break military rules in Chapter Twenty-Nine? Why?

10. How does Victory feel about exposing her children to the public debate in Chapter Twenty-Four?

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