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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who emerges from the nearby trees while Quath and Toby are in the esty park?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Killeen and Cermo.
(c) Killeen and Jocelyn.
(d) The Honor Guard.

2. In "The Esty Wind," what do Toby and Quath see as they walk in the Lane?
(a) The "ground" below them dissolving.
(b) The "sky" closing in.
(c) A sheet peeling off a cliff.
(d) The creation of a city.

3. In "Passing Currents," what does Toby realize is different about the higher mechs?
(a) They are detached from death.
(b) They can create pathways to other worlds.
(c) They can take on many different forms.
(d) They are more powerful than humans are.

4. What happens to the bird in "Eating the Storm?"
(a) It disappears.
(b) It transforms itself into Abraham.
(c) It is killed in the storm.
(d) It turns into the Mantis.

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

6. What does Toby want to do in "Unsettled Movement?"
(a) Bathe in a stream.
(b) Talk to Isaac.
(c) Name the mountains.
(d) Remember his childhood.

7. Why does Toby use his tools in "Eating the Storm?"
(a) To build a shelter from the storm.
(b) To create a snare.
(c) To do some repairs on his servos.
(d) To make an entrance to the esty.

8. What does Toby realize as he looks at the maize crops on the Lane?
(a) He is ravenously hungry.
(b) What he sees is not really maize.
(c) He will be okay.
(d) Some part of Shibo is still in him.

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

10. In "Hard Spark," what makes Quath jittery?
(a) Uneven footing.
(b) A sense of being watched.
(c) Fear.
(d) She is injured.

11. What does Toby smell in "Salvage?"
(a) A foul scent.
(b) A sour scent.
(c) A burnt scent.
(d) A floral scent.

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

13. What does Toby do when he finds the dead bird that spoke to him?
(a) He revives it.
(b) He burns it to ashes.
(c) He buries it.
(d) He offers it to the Mantis.

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

15. What does Killeen's image tell Toby in the operational center?
(a) "I am safe."
(b) "I need you."
(c) "Besen is sure dead."
(d) "I have found Abraham."

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the conditions on the Redoubt?

2. In "Eating the Storm," what does Toby notice about the bird that lands nearby?

3. Who does the injured man think Toby is?

4. For what are Toby and Quath looking at the start of "The Rock of Chaos?"

5. In "Mind Surgery," what does Toby take from his field kit?

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