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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. What did Emilio learn about himself that was a relief to learn?
(a) That his father was forced to produce him with his mother.
(b) That he had a twin who dies at age 3 months.
(c) That he was a bastard.
(d) That the woman he calls mother is not his biological mother.

2. What happens when Isaac uses real speech?
(a) It causes him to have extreme headaches.
(b) It scares the Runa children.
(c) It opens him to outside menaces.
(d) He is hyperactive for days after.

3. How did the former views on legacy affect Jana'ata society?
(a) It kept most Jana'ata from space travel.
(b) It held back commerce and the arts.
(c) It kept the Runa in power.
(d) It affected the way the Jana'atans related to their gods.

4. How far forward in time does Chapter 21 jump?
(a) 2090-95.
(b) It does not jump forward.
(c) 3000.
(d) 2078-85.

5. Why does Emilio believe the singers of Mozart piece are Jana'ata children?
(a) The Runa do not sing.
(b) The Runa sing in a different key.
(c) There are linguistic reasons for believing that.
(d) The Runa have not yet learned Mozart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Suukmel no longer know?

2. About what does Sofia teach the Runa?

3. What causes Sofia's passive resistance to turn to rebellion?

4. What food is substituted for Ruan flesh?

5. Who does Emilio meet at Gina's grave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Laaks tell Emilio about Ha'anala and what is Emilio's response?

2. What kind of music does Bruno pick up in 2070-73, why does Emilio agree to listen to it and what does he say about it?

3. How does Sofia begin to teach Issac and what does she realize about him?

4. What does Emilio do as Ha'anala dies and after she dies?

5. What does Sofia say about Isaac and his music when she is an old woman talking to Danny, Sean and John?

6. What does John believe about atheists, where did he learn this and what does he pray about Emilio and Rakhat?

7. What does Sean want to know from Emilio as they talk of God on the Bruno and what does Sean say Emilio must do about his misfortune?

8. Describe the fight between Supaari and Hlavin.

9. What does Rakhat look like when the men first step off the Bruno and what happens to Carlo immediately?

10. What does Suukmel tell Rukuei after the battle where Hlavin is killed?

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