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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Quath, what is "the Redoubt?"
(a) A place where mechs live.
(b) A place for humans to retire.
(c) An ancient text.
(d) An event in humans' history.

2. What does Toby tell Killeen's image?
(a) That he had a revelation.
(b) That he is all alone.
(c) That he removed Shibo's chip.
(d) That Quath was severely injured.

3. After Toby removes the Shibo chip, what does he do to make himself harder to find?
(a) He emits jumbled signals from his sensorium.
(b) He compresses his sensorium.
(c) He uses camouflage.
(d) He creates a magnetic distraction.

4. What happens to Toby and Quath after they stop falling from the esty?
(a) They are swallowed up by a pinhole.
(b) They stop in the middle of a desert.
(c) They are arrested.
(d) They are tossed in separate directions.

5. In "Time's Grip," what does Toby notice about the first bird he sees in the Lane?
(a) It is a predator hawk.
(b) It is "flying" on water.
(c) It has four wings.
(d) It is actually a butterfly.

6. How long has Walmsley been waiting for Toby?
(a) A millenium.
(b) Nearly fifty thousand years.
(c) A million years.
(d) Almost thirty thousand years.

7. According to Toby, what is the Families' only fashion indulgence?
(a) Their jewelry.
(b) Their shoes.
(c) Their hair.
(d) Their skin markings.

8. Where do Toby and Quath rest while trying to find their way back from the Redoubt?
(a) Inside a pearly pyramid.
(b) At the base of a cliff.
(c) In a deep field.
(d) At a shifting waterfall.

9. What image plays on Toby's retina as he recovers from his spark-induced injuries?
(a) Quath is fighting the Mantis.
(b) Toby is inside something with wheels that fly.
(c) Toby is attending a celebration on Snowglade.
(d) The Mantis is attacking the Family Bishop.

10. In "Mind Surgery," what do the mechs want to do?
(a) Kill Quath.
(b) Prevent Toby from reuniting with the Family Bishop.
(c) Find Toby and Killeen.
(d) Destroy Argo and its members.

11. According to Quath in "Unsettled Movement," who/what is Man pointed toward?
(a) Woman.
(b) Destiny.
(c) Invasion.
(d) Danger.

12. What does Toby do after he removes the Shibo chip?
(a) He rests while the Faces make repairs.
(b) He screams.
(c) He pitches forward into a tunnel.
(d) He cleans himself up in a stream.

13. Who does the injured man think Toby is?
(a) A member of the Family Bishop.
(b) Someone important.
(c) A messenger.
(d) A troublemaker.

14. What is another name for ?
(a) The Mantis.
(b) The Wedge.
(c) The Exterminator.
(d) Abraham.

15. In "The Esty Wind," to what does Quath compare construction in the esty?
(a) To a rebirth.
(b) To a blinking light.
(c) To volcanic eruption.
(d) To sloughing of skin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toby hear when he wakes up in "Unsettled Movement?"

2. What does Toby realize as he looks at the maize crops on the Lane?

3. What does the injured man say to Toby in "Casualties?"

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

5. In "Hard Spark," what makes Quath jittery?

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