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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Family first receive regenerative powers?
(a) Through a special food.
(b) Through genetic engineering experiments.
(c) Through a prophesied message.
(d) Through a witch's spell.

2. As the group of four leaves Mueller, what does the old soldier take with him?
(a) The library.
(b) A prisoner.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The castle's blueprints.

3. How big is the cell on the ship in which Lanik is imprisoned?
(a) One meter wide.
(b) Two meters wide.
(c) Four meters wide.
(d) Three meters wide.

4. In Mueller, Lanik's prison cell visitor takes him to see which person?
(a) Ensel.
(b) Saranna.
(c) Mwabao.
(d) Dinte.

5. Why does Lanik ask for this particular thing after being challenged by the young boy?
(a) It would be beautiful.
(b) It is dramatic.
(c) He is thirsty.
(d) He is hot.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lanik flings himself into the ocean, what does he hope for?

2. Why does the forest seem strange to Lanik?

3. When Lanik is captured, he claims to be an ambassador. What land does he claim to be from?

4. After receiving a gift from the Earth, what must one do?

5. What people are on the ship that picks up Lanik?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the process of giving someone "grief."

2. Why does Lanik not sever his thumbs in order to escape the cruel bonds?

3. Why do the captain and crew eventually beg Lanik for mercy?

4. The group of men in the desert "heals" Lanik. What is the result of the group's healing?

5. Why does Lanik claim to be from the land of Bird?

6. Describe Mwabao Mawa.

7. When Lanik comes to after passing out in the desert, what does the group of men surrounding him ask?

8. What does Mowa reveal about herself just before Lanik escapes?

9. When Lanik stays in an inn, he realizes just how great the poverty is in this land. How does he realize the extent of the poverty?

10. After escaping the castle, what does Lanik learn about his double?

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