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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Fr. Danny Iron Horse?
(a) The Pope's undersecretary.
(b) Sandoz's confessor.
(c) The Pope's third assistant.
(d) The father superior on the crew.

2. How old is Issac when contact ends with the earth vessel?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 15 months.
(c) 15 years.
(d) About 2 years.

3. At whom does Emilio throw a knife?
(a) Danny.
(b) Franz.
(c) Carlo.
(d) John.

4. How does John Candotti describe the members of the new crew that will travel to Rakhat?
(a) As naive.
(b) As fools.
(c) As possessing strong faith.
(d) As physically powerful.

5. For what is Emilio using voice recognition software?
(a) To write his memoirs.
(b) To write a Rakhat grammar book.
(c) To write a novel based upon Rakhatian society.
(d) To study radio data from Rakhat.

6. What does Emilio want to know from Gina about Sofia?
(a) How Gina knows about her drug problem.
(b) How Gina knows she is alive.
(c) Why Gina has not told him that Gina and Sofia are half sisters.
(d) Why Gina has not told him Gina and Sofia are cousins.

7. Who does Supaari hope will name his child?
(a) The child's biological mother.
(b) Supaari's mother.
(c) Supaari's sister.
(d) Sofia.

8. Who are the Runa?
(a) The aliens who have overrun Rakhat.
(b) The placid residents of Rakhat.
(c) The extinct species on Rakhat.
(d) The only sentient being on Rakhat.

9. Who returns all the rich gifts Hlavin sends?
(a) Taksayu.
(b) Suukmel.
(c) Supraai.
(d) Sofia.

10. What is Emilio busy doing during vacation?
(a) Teaching K'San.
(b) Teaching Celestina algebra.
(c) Teaching about the culture of Rakhat to prospective
(d) Trying to heal his hands.

11. What does Supaari notice when a Runa midwife shows him his daughter?
(a) She has no deformity.
(b) She is the wrong color to be his daughter.
(c) He is not allowed to see his daughter.
(d) She is dead.

12. Where does Guiliani take Emilio in Chapter 1?
(a) To receive a blessing from the pope.
(b) A family baptism.
(c) To a hermitage to spend some quiet months.
(d) To Guiliani's nephew's confirmation.

13. Who is John Candotti?
(a) Emilio's confessor.
(b) A television reporter.
(c) An old friend of Emilio's.
(d) Emilio's driver.

14. What do the Runa decide to do to Supaari?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Send him to Trucha Sai.
(c) Enslave him.
(d) Make him a dependent.

15. What does Celestina bring Emilio?
(a) A kitten.
(b) A song.
(c) A poem.
(d) A guinea pig.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Supaari break tradition?

2. Who are Sean Fein and Joseba Urizarbarrena?

3. What does Carlo do to Gina?

4. What does Emilio fear he has?

5. Why does Supaari place Emilio with Hlavin?

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