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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Toby leave the Argo after he is punished in "The Charm of Commerce?"
(a) Through the window in his living quarters.
(b) Through the main door.
(c) Through a vent.
(d) Through the cafeteria door.

2. Who/what are the Cyaneans?
(a) Long-lost relatives of the Family Bishop.
(b) A species of Aspects.
(c) Things made by the mechs.
(d) Another name for mechs.

3. On the esty, who is the next to be cleansed after Toby?
(a) Cermo.
(b) Quath.
(c) Jocelyn.
(d) Killeen.

4. To what does Isaac compare the Cosmic Circle?
(a) A whip.
(b) A knife.
(c) A geyser.
(d) A projectile.

5. What is the name of Quath's race?
(a) Gigantopodia.
(b) Mechopodia.
(c) Multipodia.
(d) Myriapodia.

6. According to Quath, about how long will they have to wait for the next aperture moment?
(a) A thousand years.
(b) There will never be another.
(c) A million years.
(d) Ten lifetimes.

7. In "Lightning Life," who calls Isaac a pretender?
(a) Toby.
(b) Quath.
(c) Zeno.
(d) Joe.

8. How does the judge communicate with the humans?
(a) Using sign language.
(b) Using the humans' comm.
(c) Using language chips.
(d) In writing.

9. What does Toby notice about the large, black object?
(a) It appears to be a mech device.
(b) Creatures are living on it.
(c) It is actually very small up close.
(d) It has structures that must have been built.

10. What is Toby's punishment for publicly disagreeing with Killeen in "Trans-History?"
(a) His shower privileges are suspended indefinitely.
(b) He cannot see Besen for a week.
(c) He cannot go onto the esty again.
(d) He has to stay in a locked room.

11. In "Honeycomb Home," to where do the computers direct Argo?
(a) To the black object.
(b) To just above the lip of the black hole.
(c) Back across the ergosphere.
(d) Inside the black hole.

12. Where does Andro tell Toby they are at the end of "The Far Black?"
(a) In the city.
(b) In a reception cell.
(c) In a prison cell.
(d) Inside Andro's home.

13. In the prologue, Toby says that ______ more crew are on sick report.
(a) Half a dozen.
(b) More than two dozen.
(c) Nearly a dozen.
(d) Nearly two dozen.

14. Who/what approaches Argo at the end of "Lightning Life?"
(a) Ghosts of old Aspects.
(b) Myriapodia ships.
(c) The Magnetic Mind.
(d) Abraham.

15. What else does Monisque want from Killeen?
(a) The Legacies.
(b) All the workers on the Argo.
(c) Killeen's Aspects.
(d) Argo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another name for the Eye of the Eater?

2. What do Killeen and Quath argue about after they are through the Cyaneans?

3. To where does Andro lead the humans on the esty?

4. In "Motes Such as You," what causes the vibrations as Argo approaches a galactic jet?

5. In "Hard Pursuit," with whom does Toby have a disagreement?

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