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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. What does Lanik realize as he watches the people who make their home in the desert?

2. According to Lanik's first conversation with the highest official in the land, what do the Nkumai people sell for iron?

3. As a result of his condition, what happens to the main character when he meets with his father?

4. Who is the highest official in Nkumai?

5. Why does the forest seem strange to Lanik?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unique about a radical regenerative?

2. Why does Lanik flee to Ku Kuei?

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. What makes Nkumai so frightening to Lanik?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lanik visits a number of interesting and unique places as he travels throughout the lands. Pick any three places and describe each place in detail. Then, compare and contrast these three lands that you've chosen in terms of village layouts, talents, and skills acquired and used, and the characteristics of the inhabitants of each land.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Lanik's radical regeneration affects the storyline in a multitude of ways.

a. Describe three different story lines that unfold as a direct result of Lanik being a radical regenerative.

b. How does becoming a radical regenerative affect Lanik? How does Lanik's condition affect the people around him?

c. In Lanik's situation, how would you react to these circumstances? Can you understand Lanik's reactions? Why or why not?

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