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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the most competent posters on the Net think about the Blight's interest in the High Beyond?
(a) The Blight will not lose interest in controlling the High Beyond.
(b) The Blight does not even know the High Beyond exists.
(c) The Blight hasn't the ability to find High Beyond.
(d) The Blight will lose interest in invading High Beyond.

2. Who takes over control of the fighting from Scrupilo?
(a) Chitiratte.
(b) Vendacious.
(c) Woodcarver.
(d) Blacky.

3. About what does Tyrathect worry?
(a) That Steel will dispose of her when he no longer needs her.
(b) That Steel will accidentally wipe out organic life on the planet.
(c) That Woodcarver will fail against Steel.
(d) That she will not live through the new meld.

4. What does Pham tell Ravna is real?
(a) The Blight on the cargo ship.
(b) The Riders' myth.
(c) His memory of pre-Blight times.
(d) The new boundary.

5. What is Steel's cover story?
(a) The gunpowder factory is merely for self defense.
(b) The nursery is protecting insane pups.
(c) The nursery is producing autistic pups.
(d) Disguised Woodcarvers have infiltrated.

6. In what is Ravna unwilling to participate?
(a) Genocide.
(b) Taking the offensive in war.
(c) Compromising with the Blight.
(d) Creating a new biological hazard.

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

8. How many children are revived?
(a) 151.
(b) 101.
(c) 67.
(d) 43.

9. How does Steel view Amdijefri?
(a) As useless.
(b) As insolent.
(c) As a traitor.
(d) As indispensible.

10. Who races to rescue Jefri?
(a) Vendacious.
(b) Bluestalk.
(c) Johanna.
(d) Pham.

11. What does Ravna deny to Svendndot?
(a) That OOB belongs to the Alliance or the Blight.
(b) That OOB plans to use the technology on the cargo cruiser they are rescuing.
(c) That the riders on OOB are agents of the Blight.
(d) That OOB is harboring riders.

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

13. To what does Steel have a natural aversion?
(a) Drinking alcohol.
(b) Eating animal flesh.
(c) Being mentally perused.
(d) Being touched.

14. What happens just as Limmende and Skrits are about to order Svensndot to ignore OOB?
(a) The Alliance arrives with more ships.
(b) The Blight withdraws.
(c) Communications end.
(d) The riders preempt the channel and broadcast their position to the Blight.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who agrees with Pham's version of the shootout?

2. When does Old One consider the Blight a threat?

3. What does Skinner ask Pham to do?

4. What does Pham say worked on Canberra?

5. How does Amdijefri communicated with Ravna?

(see the answer keys)

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