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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 "The Rock of Chaos," what happens when the timestone ruptures?
(a) Quath falls into a crevice.
(b) A stalk-thing pokes out.
(c) A mech flies out.
(d) The Redoubt starts to disintegrate.

2. What is another name for ?
(a) The Mantis.
(b) The Exterminator.
(c) The Wedge.
(d) Abraham.

3. 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.

4. In "The Esty Wind," what do Toby and Quath see as they walk in the Lane?
(a) A sheet peeling off a cliff.
(b) The "sky" closing in.
(c) The "ground" below them dissolving.
(d) The creation of a city.

5. What does Shibo's Personality tell Toby after Toby has fled from Killeen?
(a) That she wants to be with Killeen again.
(b) That Toby must still honor his Family obligations.
(c) That Toby cannot handle her Personality any longer.
(d) That Toby should proceed with caution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who emerges from the nearby trees while Quath and Toby are in the esty park?

2. What does Toby smell in "Salvage?"

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

4. Whose voice does Toby hear as he waits out the blizzard in "The Pain of Eternity?"

5. What happens to the bird in "Eating the Storm?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Toby doing at the end of "Rational Laughter?"

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

3. According to Quath, why is Toby's hand pinned to a rock in "Time's Grip?"

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

5. Describe the people that Toby first encounters in "Rational Laughter."

6. Describe the injured man in "Casualties."

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

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

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

10. What is the rock of chaos?

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