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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. Who laments the fate of the children, causing Victory to become enraged and telling him to take his "moral baggage" and leave her house in Chapter Thirty?

2. Who is invited to see the focused in an effort to put a stop to his "silly" assertions about the focusing process in Chapter Twenty-Two?

3. In Chapter Thirty-Nine, Pham discovers that what woman he'd loved was behind the plot to eliminate his plans?

4. In Chapter Twenty-Five, Ezr watches as Ann Reynolt and others treat who and others who suddenly seem out of control?

5. In Chapter Thirty-Six, Ezr predicts the Spiders will detect the presence of the humans in less than how long?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ezr discover Pham Trilini's identity in Chapter Twenty-Six?

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

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

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

5. What is revealed by Qiwi and Pham Trilini in Chapter Twenty? How does Ezr respond?

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

7. What does Thomas Nau learn about the kidnapping in Chapter Thirty? Who does Victory Smith lash out at?

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

9. What empire does Pham hope to build in Chapter Twenty-Two? How?

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

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 and discuss the characters of Ezr Vinh and Qiwi Lisolet. How old are the characters? How do they know one another?

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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