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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the first thing Killeen tells Monisque he wants to know?
(a) The history of the esty.
(b) The name of the esty's ruler.
(c) Who else lives on the esty.
(d) How to get off the esty.

3. What does Toby want to approach in the prologue?
(a) True Center.
(b) Faint metallic dabs of light.
(c) Galactic Center.
(d) A beacon.

4. How old is Toby in Old Earth years?
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Sixteen.

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

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

7. On the esty, what is in the food that is served to the humans?
(a) Sedatives.
(b) Human remnants.
(c) Tutors.
(d) Tiny knives.

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

9. At the end of "Honeycomb Home," what are Killeen's orders to Jocelyn?
(a) He orders her to ready the ship for attack.
(b) He orders her to take cover.
(c) He orders her to follow the path suggested by the computer.
(d) He orders her to land on the black object.

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

11. How many other people are with Toby in the Argo dome in "A Taste of the Void?"
(a) Six.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Nine.
(d) Four.

12. As Argo approaches the disk, what message does Quath bring from the Myriapodia?
(a) Killeen must speak with the magnetic being.
(b) Those on board Argo must take cover.
(c) Mechs are ready to attack at any moment.
(d) Argo must reverse course.

13. What surprises Toby at the beginning of "Motes Such as You?"
(a) An explosion.
(b) A riot.
(c) A fire.
(d) A mech.

14. In "Ancient Flavors," what is "cat beer?"
(a) Milk.
(b) Tomato juice.
(c) Urine.
(d) Water.

15. Who works with Toby in the first chapter of the book?
(a) Killeen.
(b) Besen.
(c) Quath.
(d) Cermo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Quath, about how long will they have to wait for the next aperture moment?

3. What does the Argo crew see when they enter the time pit?

4. What does Toby do when he sees kids his own age on the esty streets?

5. In "The Charm of Commerce," what does Toby miss while he is on punishment?

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