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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the people who live in the desert?
(a) The Schwartzes.
(b) The Nkumaians.
(c) The Ku Kueians.
(d) The Allisons.

2. What happens to the person helping Lanik just as Lanik is preparing to leave?
(a) The person is shot with a bullet.
(b) The person is captured.
(c) The person is shot with an arrow.
(d) The person is set on fire.

3. What is wrong with the bread served to Lanik by the slavers?
(a) The bread is unleavened.
(b) The bread is old.
(c) The bread is stale.
(d) The bread is moldy.

4. How does Lanik get the knife he uses during his escape?
(a) Lanik has it smuggled in to him.
(b) Lanik finds it on the ground.
(c) Lanik concealed it from the guards.
(d) Lanik takes it from one of the guards.

5. What is wrong with the meat served to Lanik by the slavers?
(a) The meat is overcooked.
(b) The meat is maggoty.
(c) The meat is grisly.
(d) The meat is undercooked.

6. What best describes the 'Lanik and Lanik" chapter?
(a) An abbreviated history of the planet.
(b) An extended political rant.
(c) An extended chase scene.
(d) A foreshadowing extravaganza.

7. Who does Lanik meet as he travels to Ku Kuei?
(a) A young woman.
(b) An old lady.
(c) An angry soldier.
(d) A young boy.

8. What must Lanik do as a result of receiving his gift from the Earth?
(a) Jump off the cliff.
(b) Scale the mountain.
(c) Swim across the lake.
(d) Drink the water.

9. How does Lanik feel about his mother?
(a) Lanik hates her.
(b) Lanik envies her.
(c) Lanik tolerates her.
(d) Lanik loves her.

10. Why does Lanik eventually prepare to leave the desert people?
(a) Lanik realizes he must return to help his father.
(b) Lanik realizes he is not growing as a person.
(c) Lanik misses Saranna.
(d) Lanik is afraid of his new-found powers.

11. When Lanik flings himself into the ocean, what does he hope for?
(a) To float away to safety.
(b) To drown.
(c) To land safely on another shore.
(d) To be rescued by a nearby boat.

12. Where does Lanik leave the slave ship?
(a) Near Mueller.
(b) In the middle of the ocean.
(c) Near the worst desert in the world.
(d) Near the river by Nkumai.

13. When Lanik is in his prison cell in Mueller, who comes to visit him?
(a) Saranna.
(b) Mwabao.
(c) Ensel.
(d) Dinte.

14. After the young boy challenges Lanik to manipulate rock, what is the first thing Lanik asks for?
(a) A cliff.
(b) A lake.
(c) A mountain.
(d) Water.

15. According to Lanik's first conversation with the highest official in the land, what do the Nkumai people sell for iron?
(a) Rare tree bark.
(b) The smells of the swamp.
(c) Freshly caught rain water.
(d) Vessels carved from wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname does Lanik use for his mother?

2. What is the name of the land in which the inhabitants live high in the trees?

3. What do the people of Nkumai do first thing every morning?

4. As the main character prepares to leave his homeland, what does he notice being kept in pens?

5. After the assassination attempt on the main character, where does the main character flee to?

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