2. What do those aboard OOB hope about the Zone storm?
(a) That it will bypass them altogether.
(b) That it will widen the boundaries of the Beyond.
(c) That it will narrow the boundaries of the Slow Zone.
(d) That it will pass in hours.

3. What does Woodcarver's route do for the march?
(a) Makes it easier.
(b) Shortens it by 2 weeks.
(c) Adds agonizing days.
(d) Makes it a more direct shot.

4. What does Pham want to be able to describe?
(a) How to convert sodium and ash to gunpowder.
(b) How the Old One commits suicide.
(c) How it feels to have a godself die.
(d) How he is able to know the Old One's mind even after the Old One is dead.

5. What bothers Woodcarver about Vendacious?
(a) His ability to hide his intentions.
(b) Keeping him prisoner.
(c) His execution being quick and merciful.
(d) His torture of Johanna.

6. With whom has Steel run out of patience?
(a) Jefri.
(b) Woodcarver's army.
(c) Tyrathect,
(d) Vendacious.

7. What does Greenstalk say must be repaired soon?
(a) The hyperdrive belts.
(b) The transponder.
(c) The damaged ultradrive spines.
(d) The glitch in Pham's memories.

8. What is happening to Woodcarver?
(a) She is evolving to a Power.
(b) She is strengthened by a Johanna meld.
(c) She is assassinated.
(d) Her time is running out.

9. What does Pham have to do to effect a landing?
(a) Repair his landing gear.
(b) Match velocities with the planet.
(c) Repair his ultradrive.
(d) Switch to manual control.

10. What does Kratzi do?
(a) Falls from the rapelling cliff.
(b) Dies defending Johanna.
(c) Tries to kill Johanna.
(d) Signals the rescue ship prematurely.

11. What type of trances does Pham go into regularly?
(a) Epileptic.
(b) Godshatter.
(c) Post stress.
(d) Hypnogogic.

12. What does Pham do during the downtime of the Zone storm?
(a) Talks with Ravna.
(b) Plots ships' locations.
(c) Stays in godshatter.
(d) Sleeps.

13. Who does Ravna think created the Riders?
(a) The Blight.
(b) The Old One.
(c) The inhabitants of Earth several billion years ago.
(d) She has no idea.

14. How does the gray fungus examine a puppy's brain?
(a) It has not learned to to that yet.
(b) By passing filaments painlessly inside.
(c) By entwining itself throughout the brain cells.
(d) By taking over the brain stem.

15. What is Steel inspecting?
(a) The construction zone around the ship.
(b) The factory for producing gunpowder.
(c) The cannon Jefri has constructed.
(d) The Tine nursery.