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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 argues that Spiders don't need to go through a Dark in order to have a soul in the debate in Chapter Twenty-Four?
2. In Chapter Thirty, who learns that those listening to Spider broadcasts have discovered where the children are being held, even though the Spiders themselves are unable to figure it out?
3. Who are the parents of the two children who are encountered by Serkaner's children in Chapter Twenty-Eight?
4. 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?
5. Which of the children who was kidnapped is dead in Chapter Thirty-Two?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Thomas Nau learn about the kidnapping in Chapter Thirty? Who does Victory Smith lash out at?
2. What beliefs drive the Spiders to reproduce in cycles?
3. What children arrive at the Royal Museum in Chapters Twenty-Seven and Twenty-Eight?
4. What empire does Pham hope to build in Chapter Twenty-Two? How?
5. Who are the parents of the young children at the Museum in Chapter Twenty-Eight? What do they reveal?
6. What woman is missing, according to Floria Peres in Chapter Twenty-One? Why?
7. How is Sherkaner different than the majority of Spider society?
8. How does Spider society respond to Sherkaner's family?
9. What is the state of the kidnapped children in Chapters Thirty-One and Thirty-Two?
10. What is Pham's reaction when Qiwi is attacked by Ezr in Chapter Twenty-Five?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the actions of Ezr in Chapter Twenty-Five and his discovery of "mindrot runaway." How is this related to focus?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the characters of Thomas Nau and Ann Reynolt. How are they different? What objectives do they share?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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