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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comes out of Quath after she is injured in "Hard Sparks?"
(a) Metal shards.
(b) Brown liquid.
(c) A green gel.
(d) Grey blobs.

2. What does Toby realize about the "Sea of Sands?"
(a) It is endless.
(b) It is home to the mechs.
(c) It is the origin of the Family Bishop.
(d) It is not real.

3. What does Toby realize in "Eating the Storm?"
(a) He has to try to save the Family Bishop.
(b) He has to surrender.
(c) He has to find Quath.
(d) He has to try to kill the Mantis.

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

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

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

7. What is the real family name of the woman Toby meets in the maize fields?
(a) Bahai.
(b) Buddha.
(c) Tutor.
(d) Rook.

8. What does Quath do when she sees a second bird in the Lane?
(a) She traps it.
(b) She shoots it.
(c) She grabs it.
(d) She eats it.

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

10. Why can't Toby move his hand when he awakens in the Redoubt?
(a) Toby is too weak to move it.
(b) It is injured.
(c) Someone is holding it down.
(d) It has become part of the rock.

11. What causes Toby's muscles to lock up in the Lane?
(a) Exhaustion.
(b) His malfunctioning servos.
(c) Something in the Lane's food.
(d) Sublimed vapor.

12. In "Rational Laughter," who/what does Toby flee?
(a) The Mantis.
(b) An angry mob.
(c) A violent storm.
(d) A mech attack.

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

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

15. Who/what does Toby see in the beginning of "Phantoms?"
(a) Killeen.
(b) The Argo.
(c) A pyramid.
(d) The Mantis.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Animal Spirits," what happened during the time Toby was missing from the ship?

2. What does Toby smell in "Salvage?"

3. What does the stranger say to Toby at the start of "Casualties?"

4. In "The Pain of Eternity," what part of Toby is injured during the attack?

5. After Toby removes the Shibo chip, what does he do to make himself harder to find?

(see the answer keys)

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