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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 keep out of sight?

2. What does one poster on the net think think the Blight needs?

3. Who particularly wants to be friends with Johanna?

4. What does Steel want to use against the Woodcarvers?

5. What is the plan for the alien ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. About what is Tyrathect concerned and can she do anything about it?

2. Describe the High Council meeting Johanna attends and what happens to Woodcarver during the meeting.

3. What are the Olsndots' priorities after landing?

4. How does Pham stop the Blight and what happens to him?

5. Describe Peregrine Wickwrackrum / Wickwrackscar.

6. How do Peregrine and Scriber describe the humans?

7. In what condition is the ship in which the Olsndot family escapes Earth by the time it reaches an unnamed and habitable world?

8. What does Steel do in the dungeons?

9. What do Peregrine Wickwrackrum and Scriber Jaqueramaphan observe and how do they describe the Olsndot's ship?

10. Describe Johanna.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In chapter 12, One pack approaches submissively, gives its unintelligible name, asks hers, and invites her to play the naming game. Johanna's life is about to change as she accepts her fate. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think Johanna accepting her fate is wise? Should she continue trying to get free? Why or why not?

2. How much impact do you think Johanna's change in behavior has on Queen Woodcarver's welcome of Ravna and the other awakened children? Do you think Woodcarver would have allowed Ravna and the other children freedom had Johanna continued her hostility?

3. Is it disloyal of Johanna to accept her fate and start bonding with the packs of Woodcarver's domain? Why or why not? What do you think her parents would have advised her to do?

Essay Topic 2

A Fire upon the Deep is written in the genre of science fiction. Discuss the following:

1. What sets science fiction apart from other genres? What are the characteristics of the genre of science fiction?

2. Based upon the characteristics you list in 1 above, discuss why A Fire upon the Deep falls under the genre of science fiction.

3. Some people might say that science fiction is merely for entertainment? Do you agree or not? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

In chapter 15, Steel tours his dungeons, where the "raw material" is driven crazy to serve as the basis "blank packs." The dungeon is described in horrifying detail and contrasted with Woodcarver's processes aimed at the same goal, but bounded by "traditional ethics." Discuss the following:

1. Though Steel's methods are more horrific than Woodcarver's, their end goal is the same. Is this goal ethical? Why or why not?

2. Do you think what Steel and Woodcarver are attempting to do is moving the evolution of the Tines forward? Why or why not?

3. What do you think Steel and Woodcarver want in creating blank packs? Are there other ways of obtaining the same end without dubious means?

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