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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Killeen's orders at the end of "Besik Bay?"
(a) Go into Besik Bay.
(b) Go into the Cosmic Circle.
(c) Go into the galactic jet.
(d) Go into the Shredded Star.

2. Who rescues Toby after the mechs damage the Argo dome?
(a) Cermo.
(b) Quath.
(c) Killeen.
(d) Besen.

3. What is emitted from the disk?
(a) Helium.
(b) Fire.
(c) Toxins.
(d) Photons.

4. How does Shibo describe the dwarves on the esty?
(a) As rats in bow ties.
(b) As dogs with bones.
(c) As bushes in the forest.
(d) As children with toys.

5. 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.

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

7. What troubles Jocelyn at the start of "Honeycomb Home"?
(a) Argo's fuel rate has increased.
(b) Argo cannot withstand any more heat.
(c) Argo was irreversibly damaged in the ergosphere.
(d) Argo is out of food.

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

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

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

11. To where does Andro lead the humans on the esty?
(a) To a windowless factory.
(b) To a brown municipal building.
(c) To a jail.
(d) To a pyramid-shaped stone.

12. About how old is the Chandelier, according to crew estimates in "Pale Immensities?"
(a) Twenty thousand years.
(b) Ten thousand years.
(c) A thousand years.
(d) A hundred thousand years.

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

14. Where is Argo at the beginning of "Deep Reality?"
(a) Plunging through the Cosmic Circle.
(b) Plunging toward the Citadel.
(c) Plunging through the black hole.
(d) Plunging toward the ergosphere.

15. What does the wrinkled dwarf call Toby and the others?
(a) Athenians.
(b) Ignoramuses.
(c) Flatlanders.
(d) Gold-diggers.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of "The Far Black," what does Toby know about the dwarf?

2. Who does the esty judge send to escort Quath?

3. As the Argo spirals to True Center, what does Besen call Toby?

4. What is the name of Toby's teaching Aspect?

5. What seems illogical to Toby as he walks the esty streets?

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