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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 misses Saranna.
(b) Lanik is afraid of his new-found powers.
(c) Lanik realizes he must return to help his father.
(d) Lanik realizes he is not growing as a person.

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

3. 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.

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

5. Why does Lanik demand to be taken above-board on the slave ship?
(a) Because Lanik wants to offer the captain a bribe.
(b) Because the other prisoners get to go above-board.
(c) Because Lanik wants to face his captors.
(d) Because Lanik needs to see the sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lanik leave the slave ship?

2. What happens when the group of four enters the forest and then reaches the lake?

3. When Lanik is in his prison cell in Mueller, who comes to visit him?

4. What does the land of Mueller exchange for iron?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Lanik flee to Ku Kuei?

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

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

8. There are only a few ambassadors in Nkumai. Why?

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

10. 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?

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