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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. According to Quath, what is "the Redoubt?"
(a) An ancient text.
(b) A place for humans to retire.
(c) An event in humans' history.
(d) A place where mechs live.

2. In "Passing Currents," what does Toby realize is different about the higher mechs?
(a) They can create pathways to other worlds.
(b) They can take on many different forms.
(c) They are more powerful than humans are.
(d) They are detached from death.

3. What is the white patch that Toby sees in "The Sea of Sand?"
(a) A dwelling.
(b) Naked dead bodies.
(c) White sand.
(d) A pile of bones.

4. After Quath returns from her interrogation, what does she say Killeen wants from Toby?
(a) Shibo's Personality.
(b) Toby's company.
(c) A promise that Toby will stay on ship.
(d) An apology.

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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who/what awakens Toby in "Time's Grip?"

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

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

4. What happens to Toby and Quath after they stop falling from the esty?

5. Why does Toby use his tools in "Eating the Storm?"

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shibo try to stop Toby from removing her chip from his head?

2. Describe the injured man in "Casualties."

3. In "Unsettled Movement," what do Toby and Quath discuss?

4. In "Passing Currents," how does Toby describe the disturbance that flattened him?

5. In "Passing Currents," what does Toby realize about the storm he has just endured?

6. After Toby and Quath fall from the esty, why does Quath say the esty Lane is so unstable?

7. What do Toby and Quath do at the end of "The Esty Wind?"

8. Why do the mechs and argue in "Animal Spirits?"

9. What is the woman doing in the maize fields?

10. Describe what happens when Toby is attacked in "The Pain of Eternity."

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