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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 did Toby sense when the discharge racked his body?
(a) The power of the Mantis.
(b) His mortality.
(c) The many lives that have suffered and died.
(d) The essence of the universe.

2. In "The Pain of Eternity," what part of Toby is injured during the attack?
(a) His left foot.
(b) His right side.
(c) His left leg.
(d) His right foot.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Toby think the storm came?

2. Why can't Toby move his hand when he awakens in the Redoubt?

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

4. Who said, "Anything you understand, you can use?"

5. In "Hard Spark," what does Quath sense above?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Toby's interaction with the bird in "Eating the Storm."

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

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

4. Why does Quath think the birds in the Redoubt are a threat?

5. Why do Toby and the Shibo Personality argue in "The Rock of Chaos?"

6. What does Toby miss in "The Pain of Eternity?"

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

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

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

10. What happens at the end of "The Sea of Sands?"

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