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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In "Casualties," what has been attacking the people?
(a) Shiny orbs.
(b) Helical things.
(c) Snake things.
(d) Bird things.

5. 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 uses a torch to open the esty.
(d) He fires his laser between his feet.

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

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

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

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

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

11. In "Hard Spark," what does Quath sense above?
(a) A deceptive screen.
(b) Dozens of alien ships.
(c) An incoming storm.
(d) Some small figures and one large one.

12. 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 swallowed up by a pinhole.
(d) They are tossed in separate directions.

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

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

15. With whom does Toby argue in "Unsettled Movement?"
(a) Quath.
(b) Isaac.
(c) Shibo.
(d) Killeen.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Quath, what is "the Redoubt?"

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

3. How do the people in "Rational Laughter" treat Toby?

4. In "Rational Laughter," who/what does Toby flee?

5. What does Toby think of the people in "Rational Laughter?"

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