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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter Four, Sherkaner notes a number of pregnant females and males carrying "_____ on their backs."
2. What does Ezr Vinh refer to Qiwi Lin Lisolet as in the novel?
3. What group in the novel is domineering and can't imagine establishing relationships based on anything other than enforced slavery?
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?
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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the term "focused" mean in the context of the book?
2. Who explains the use of "mindrot" to Ezr in Chapter Ten? How is it related to "focus"?
3. Who is Thomas Nau and how did he come to his position in the mission?
4. What does Ezr discover about his injury during the attack in Chapter Ten?
5. Who are Sherkaner's children in Chapter Fifteen?
6. Whose voice did Ezr hear just before the explosion of the Far Treasure? What does he consider about what was said?
7. What is cycling in relation to Spider reproduction?
8. What family does Sherkaner learn about from his former teacher in Chapter Four?
9. Who is Pham Trilini? How is he described in the first chapters of the book?
10. Who are the Qeng Ho people, and what principle goal do they have as described in Chapter One?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the actions of Jimmy Diem and the explosion of the Far Treasure in Chapters Eleven through Thirteen. Why does Jimmy choose to negotiate anyway?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the objectives of Pham Trilini and his experiences seeing the focused in Chapter Twenty-Two. What use does Pham see for the treatment?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and analyze the objectives and actions of the Spider civilization in Chapters Eighteen and Nineteen. What is "coldsleep" and is it a biological adaptation?
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