2. What does Jefri realize?
(a) That the ship is in danger of destruction.
(b) That his parents are alive but injured.
(c) That his sister is still alive.
(d) That the world upon which he is stranded is no part of the Realm or Net.

3. Who is wounded?
(a) Johanna.
(b) Arne.
(c) Sjane.
(d) Bjort.

4. When does the OOB slow?
(a) As it prepares to jump into hyperspace.
(b) As it enters the Middle of the Beyond.
(c) As it leaves the end of the Beyond.
(d) As it prepares to fire upon the Blight.

5. What happens to Pham after the Old One's death?
(a) He is free of the bond.
(b) He remembers everything.
(c) He tries to kill himself.
(d) He recalls nothing.

6. About what does Steel worry about the "pups" in the unburned coffins?
(a) That they will die of grief when they learn their parents are dead.
(b) That they could mature and destroy his world.
(c) That they will spread disease if awakened.
(d) That they will die if he cannot figure out how to bring them back from sleep.

7. From what is Pham recovering?
(a) Leg wounds.
(b) A head wound.
(c) Back wounds.
(d) A broken leg.

8. What news does OOB learn?
(a) About Jefri's death.
(b) About the Blight stopping short of Beyond the Beyond.
(c) About Johanna's death.
(d) About the fall of Relay and the murder of a power.

9. With what do the humans make off?
(a) Three realms.
(b) A quantum data container.
(c) A matrix.
(d) A flowering.

10. What does Johanna vow?
(a) To help Ja survive.
(b) To appeal to Queen Woodcarver for retaliation for Scriber.
(c) To try to like the others.
(d) To get revenge for Scriber.

11. How many boats does Tyrathect's group scuttle?
(a) All but one.
(b) Half.
(c) None.
(d) All but three.

12. What melts the coldsleep boxes?
(a) A sophisticated warming device that malfunctions.
(b) Hot water.
(c) A laser gun.
(d) A crude flamethrower.

13. What does Johanna call her captives?
(a) Caps.
(b) She prefers not to even address them.
(c) Tines.
(d) Barbs.

14. How does the new planet appear?
(a) Ideal for human life.
(b) Not ideal for humans but usuable.
(c) Too hot to live on the surface.
(d) Cold and inhospitable.

15. What must Scriber and his cohorts do by Winter?
(a) Capture Jefri.
(b) Destroy the flying house.
(c) Destroy Flenser.
(d) Recapture the flying house.