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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the Mantis tell Toby about itself?
(a) It knows everything.
(b) It is king of the mechs.
(c) It has Toby's best interests at heart.
(d) It is an anthology intelligence.

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

9. What does Toby tell Quath as they flee from the dead mech-bird?
(a) "I was wrong."
(b) "I can't keep up."
(c) "I must surrender."
(d) "We need to get out of here."

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Unsettled Movement," how does Quath know that something is troubling Toby while he sleeps?

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

3. Who does Toby encounter in the beginning of "The Sea of Sand?"

4. What does Shibo's Personality tell Toby after Toby has fled from Killeen?

5. What is the white patch that Toby sees in "The Sea of Sand?"

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