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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Eating the Storm," what does Toby do after he feels a pulse of gravity up through his boots?
(a) He sits and waits for the Mantis.
(b) He turns his sensorium off.
(c) He fires his laser between his feet.
(d) He uses a torch to open the esty.

2. What happens after a weight descends on Toby in "Eating the Storm?"
(a) It begins to snow.
(b) A volcano erupts.
(c) An earthquake knocks him off his feet.
(d) Rain slams down.

3. In "Animal Spirits," what happened during the time Toby was missing from the ship?
(a) Abraham made an appearance.
(b) The secrets of the Legacies were revealed.
(c) A special Council was held.
(d) Quath was sold to the esty judge.

4. What does Toby think of the people in "Rational Laughter?"
(a) They are lazy.
(b) They live in the moment.
(c) They are not very smart.
(d) They are talkative.

5. What information did the esty dwellers want from Quath?
(a) Information about Toby and his kind.
(b) Information about The Hunker Down.
(c) Information about the mechs' work on antimatter.
(d) Information about how the Myriapodia evolved.

6. After Quath returns from her interrogation, what does she say Killeen wants from Toby?
(a) An apology.
(b) Toby's company.
(c) Shibo's Personality.
(d) A promise that Toby will stay on ship.

7. What causes Toby's muscles to lock up in the Lane?
(a) Sublimed vapor.
(b) His malfunctioning servos.
(c) Exhaustion.
(d) Something in the Lane's food.

8. How does Toby evade the mech sniffer in "Salvage?"
(a) He hides in the shadows.
(b) He shoots it.
(c) He scrambles its sensors.
(d) He swims underwater.

9. For what are Toby and Quath looking at the start of "The Rock of Chaos?"
(a) A cave.
(b) Water.
(c) A tree.
(d) A pore-opening.

10. From where does Toby think the storm came?
(a) From the forest.
(b) From the Family Bishop.
(c) From the Mantis.
(d) From another Lane.

11. Whose voice does Toby hear as he waits out the blizzard in "The Pain of Eternity?"
(a) Quath's.
(b) Killeen's.
(c) Besen's.
(d) Shibo's.

12. In "Eating the Storm," what does Toby notice about the bird that lands nearby?
(a) It has four wings.
(b) It has a fleshy mouth.
(c) It looks like a mech-bird.
(d) It houses the Mantis.

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

14. In "Passing Currents," from where does Toby think the discharge that flattened him came?
(a) From the Mantis.
(b) From inside himself.
(c) From below.
(d) From the Argo.

15. What does Toby do when he is attacked in "The Pain of Eternity?"
(a) He cries for help.
(b) He shoots the thing that attacks him.
(c) He calls up Quath's signal.
(d) He dives for cover.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Toby doing at the beginning of "Passing Currents?"

2. In "The Rock of Chaos," what does Quath tell Toby about the Lanes?

3. In "The Pain of Eternity," what part of Toby is injured during the attack?

4. What have the people in "Rational Laughter" survived?

5. In "Hard Spark," what does Quath sense above?

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