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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 language does Father Glaucus speak to the Chitchatuk?

2. Who experiences unexplained sharp pain and fever?

3. What is the third world Aenea and her crew find themselves on?

4. What type of world is Hebron?

5. Who/what does de Soya hope was not the church's creature?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the death of Nemes.

2. What is learned when de Soya wakes early from his resurrection in Chapter 53?

3. What plan does de Soya reveal in Chapter 37?

4. What are Aenea's thoughts on the Shrike in Chapter 30?

5. What does Raul do when he finds a fishing platform?

6. What happens to Aenea and her crew on their way to the frozen city?

7. Discuss what happens when de Soya faces the Inquisition.

8. What happens when Aenea transports through the portal into the Sol Draconi System?

9. Discuss Aenea and her crew's travel down the river.

10. What occurs when the perspective of the novel changes to Nemes's in Chapter 55?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and describe the relationship between the Church and the Core and the role it plays in the story.

Essay Topic 2

How are character descriptions used in order to provide information on characters in the story? What are the benefits of character descriptions used in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and describe the relationship between Aenea and Raul. Why is this relationship important to understand? How does this relationship impact the novel?

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