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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the Mantis do with the things it kills?
(a) Makes art.
(b) Creates new worlds.
(c) Turns them into mechs.
(d) Turns them to dust.

3. What does the dwarf on the pyramid ask Toby?
(a) "Who are you?"
(b) "How'd you get here?"
(c) "Are you hungry?"
(d) "Where've you been?"

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

5. In "Animal Spirits," what does think about the members of Argo?
(a) thinks they pose a danger to the mechs.
(b) thinks they are insignicant forms.
(c) thinks they are valuable forms.
(d) thinks they are primitive and should be exterminated.

6. In "The Rock of Chaos," what does Quath tell Toby about the Lanes?
(a) That the Lanes shift along a curvature.
(b) That the Lanes evolve by interacting.
(c) That the Lanes shift without logic.
(d) That the Lanes are doorways to True Center.

7. How do the people in "Rational Laughter" treat Toby?
(a) They treat him as a curiosity.
(b) They ridicule him.
(c) They take care of him.
(d) They treat him as a traitor.

8. In "Unsettled Movement," how does Quath know that something is troubling Toby while he sleeps?
(a) One of Quath's subminds tells her so.
(b) Toby cries when he sleeps.
(c) Toby lets out blood-curdling screams while he sleeps.
(d) Quath reads Toby's face.

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

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

11. What have the people in "Rational Laughter" survived?
(a) Severe drought.
(b) Invasion by the Mantis.
(c) Battles with the mechs.
(d) Torture.

12. What does Toby hear when he wakes up in "Unsettled Movement?"
(a) Shibo singing.
(b) Quath telling him to wake up.
(c) Killeen's voice.
(d) A buzzing noise.

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

14. Who does Toby encounter in the beginning of "The Sea of Sand?"
(a) Quath.
(b) Killeen and Cermo.
(c) A girl and her father.
(d) An old wrinkled couple.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose voice does Toby hear as he waits out the blizzard in "The Pain of Eternity?"

2. From what does Toby NOT suffer after the spark hits him?

3. What does Toby realize about the "Sea of Sands?"

4. According to Quath in "Unsettled Movement," who/what is Man pointed toward?

5. What makes Toby sick in "Hard Spark?"

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