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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 7 Passing Currents.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cermo's microwave analysis of the esty clouds indicate?
(a) The clouds are filled with tiny sensors.
(b) The "sky" is solid.
(c) A storm is approaching.
(d) Another ship is approaching.

2. What holds Toby to Quath as they fall from the esty?
(a) A suction device.
(b) Centrifugal force.
(c) One of Quath's arms.
(d) Gravity.

3. In "Motes Such as You," what causes the vibrations as Argo approaches a galactic jet?
(a) The Cosmic Circle.
(b) An attack from the Mantis.
(c) The Magnetic Mind.
(d) The rapidly heating hull.

4. In "The Rule of Number," what chases the Family?
(a) A triple-spined creature.
(b) A helical rod-tree creature.
(c) A blimp-shaped creature.
(d) A pyramid-shaped creature.

5. What does Toby do when he finds the dead bird that spoke to him?
(a) He burns it to ashes.
(b) He buries it.
(c) He revives it.
(d) He offers it to the Mantis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the ship captained by Killeen?

2. In "Passing Currents," from where does Toby think the discharge that flattened him came?

3. What is Toby's punishment for publicly disagreeing with Killeen in "Trans-History?"

4. Where does Toby shelter from the cold in "The Pain of Eternity?"

5. According to Besen's teaching Aspect, how big is the approaching disk?

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