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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. After the assassination attempt on the main character, where does the main character flee to?
(a) Ku Kuei.
(b) Nkumai.
(c) Allison.
(d) Mueller.

2. What do the people of Nkumai do first thing every morning?
(a) Fight.
(b) Gather food.
(c) Chant.
(d) Sing.

3. As Lanik travels away from the desert people, he requests clothes and is asked his name. What happens when Lanik tells people who he is?
(a) Lanik is beaten.
(b) Lanik is chastised.
(c) Lanik is stoned.
(d) Lanik is imprisoned.

4. Who does the main character refuse to take with him as he flees for his life?
(a) Lanik.
(b) Saranna.
(c) Ensel.
(d) Dinte.

5. What do the people in Nkumai eat?
(a) Fish.
(b) Root vegetables.
(c) Birds.
(d) Rodents.

Short Answer Questions

1. After escaping the tree city, Lanik passes out. What does Lanik realize when he comes to?

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

3. How does the Family first receive regenerative powers?

4. After telling Lanik the source of their iron sales, what does the highest official in the land demand from Lanik?

5. Where does Lanik leave the slave ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lanik wish he had chosen a particular land when demanding his freedom from the slavers?

2. What has the old soldier done to disrupt the trade involving the radical regeneratives?

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

4. Describe Mwabao Mawa.

5. As Lanik languishes in his cell, he has a visitor. What is Lanik's visitor absolutely sure of?

6. What does Lanik's body do with all of the energy he is eating?

7. What does Lanik figure out while he is being held below deck on the slave ship?

8. Why is Lanik finally accepted into the old lady's house?

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

10. What does the old soldier hope that Lanik will learn from the books the soldier has?

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