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

2. In "Eating the Storm," what does Toby notice about the bird that lands nearby?
(a) It has a fleshy mouth.
(b) It looks like a mech-bird.
(c) It has four wings.
(d) It houses the Mantis.

3. What does Toby do when he is attacked in "The Pain of Eternity?"
(a) He dives for cover.
(b) He shoots the thing that attacks him.
(c) He cries for help.
(d) He calls up Quath's signal.

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

5. Who tells Toby a rhyme after Toby and Quath flee from the dead mech-bird?
(a) Isaac.
(b) Zeno.
(c) Shibo.
(d) Joe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toby realize as he looks at the maize crops on the Lane?

2. In "The Rock of Chaos," what happens when the timestone ruptures?

3. According to Toby, what is the Families' only fashion indulgence?

4. What does the Mantis do with the things it kills?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Animal Spirits," why does Toby run from Killeen and Cermo?

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

3. In "Eating the Storm," what does Toby realize about the violence down the Lane?

4. Describe Toby's experience with Nigel in the last chapter of the book.

5. Describe the injured man in "Casualties."

6. What is the source of conflict between Toby and Shibo in "Unsettled Movement?"

7. What is the message that the injured man has for Toby in "Casualties?"

8. Why is Toby surprised to sense the Mantis in "Hard Spark?"

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

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

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