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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Lanik leave the slave ship?

3. What are "cruel bonds"?

4. Who does Lanik meet as he travels to Ku Kuei?

5. Why is the person Lanik meets afraid, at first, to help him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Father ask Lanik to discover as part of his new role?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lanik has the opportunity to experience life in the country of his birth, and life in the country of his choosing.

a. Compare and contrast the living conditions in Mueller versus the living conditions in Britton. Include inhabitants, living conditions, pace of life, opportunities, and attitudes in your answer.

b. What are the biggest differences to Lanik between Mueller and Britton?

c. What, if anything, does Lanik like about Mueller?

d. What, if anything, does Lanik wish would change in Britton?

Essay Topic 2

The book is entitled, "A Planet Called Treason". Why did the author choose this title? How does the title foreshadow the story of Lanik's life?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Lanik's beliefs and loyalties at the following points in the story.

a. When Lanik is still the heir apparent living in Mueller.

b. After Lanik is disinherited and banished to Nkumai.

c. When Lanik learns of his double's killing and destroying of lands, and of the blame others wrongly place on Lanik.

d. After Lanik returns to Ku Kuei to be reunited with Saranna.

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