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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What troubles Jocelyn at the start of "Honeycomb Home"?
(a) Argo was irreversibly damaged in the ergosphere.
(b) Argo cannot withstand any more heat.
(c) Argo is out of food.
(d) Argo's fuel rate has increased.

2. Who/what approaches Argo at the end of "Lightning Life?"
(a) Myriapodia ships.
(b) Ghosts of old Aspects.
(c) Abraham.
(d) The Magnetic Mind.

3. In the prologue, Toby says that ______ more crew are on sick report.
(a) Half a dozen.
(b) More than two dozen.
(c) Nearly two dozen.
(d) Nearly a dozen.

4. In "Pale Immensities," what is inside the Chandelier's airlock?
(a) Hydrogen gas.
(b) Sulfur gas.
(c) Ordinary air.
(d) Poisonous air.

5. In "Honeycomb Home," to where do the computers direct Argo?
(a) Inside the black hole.
(b) Back across the ergosphere.
(c) To the black object.
(d) To just above the lip of the black hole.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Quath at the start of "The Shredded Star?"

2. What is the name of Toby's teaching Aspect?

3. What are Killeen's orders at the end of "Besik Bay?"

4. Who/what helps the Argo pass through the Cyaneans?

5. What memories does Toby have as he walks the esty streets?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Toby approaches the communal fire in "Motes Such as You?"

2. To what does the term "Tiny Minds" refer?

3. How does Toby feel about bringing Quath to the esty judge?

4. How does Toby first experience the Void?

5. How do Toby and Besen interact in "The Aperture Moment?"

6. According to Quath, what is the history of Besik Bay?

7. What do the mechs argue about in "Frozen Star?"

8. How are the humans filtered and cleaned on the "honeycomb home?"

9. Describe the "Lightning Life."

10. In "Besik Bay," how does the Argo protect itself from the mechs?

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