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

2. What is the name of the story's protagonist?
(a) Ensel.
(b) Dinte.
(c) Lanik.
(d) Saranna.

3. What secret does Lanik hold that enables him to make his escape?
(a) Lanik has loosened the bonds.
(b) Lanik is a magician.
(c) Lanik has bribed the guards.
(d) Lanik is a regenerative.

4. After escaping the tree city, Lanik passes out. What does Lanik realize when he comes to?
(a) Lanik is losing too much blood.
(b) Lanik is too weak to travel on.
(c) Lanik has been recaptured.
(d) Lanik has a double.

5. According to the person taking Lanik to Nkumai, how many ambassadors are in Nkumai?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boat owners decide to do with Lanik?

2. Who teaches Lanik how to care for his basic needs in the trees?

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

4. Why does Lanik ask for this particular thing after being challenged by the young boy?

5. While Lanik sleeps in this person's house, who comes looking for Lanik?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Nkumai bind their prisoners' hands with cruel bonds?

2. How are people in Nkumai known?

3. How does Lanik escape from his prison high in the trees?

4. What does the young boy in the desert teach Lanik?

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

6. When Lanik finally comes to after collapsing in the desert, what occurs to help him realize that he may not die?

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

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

9. Describe Dinte's character.

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

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