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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. From where does Toby think the storm came?
(a) From the Family Bishop.
(b) From the forest.
(c) From another Lane.
(d) From the Mantis.

2. How do the people in "Rational Laughter" treat Toby?
(a) They treat him as a traitor.
(b) They treat him as a curiosity.
(c) They take care of him.
(d) They ridicule him.

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

4. What does Toby hear when he wakes up in "Unsettled Movement?"
(a) A buzzing noise.
(b) Shibo singing.
(c) Killeen's voice.
(d) Quath telling him to wake up.

5. Whose voice does Toby hear as he waits out the blizzard in "The Pain of Eternity?"
(a) Besen's.
(b) Quath's.
(c) Shibo's.
(d) Killeen's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Unsettled Movement," how does Quath know that something is troubling Toby while he sleeps?

3. What does Toby think of the injured man's new face?

4. Where do Toby and Quath rest while trying to find their way back from the Redoubt?

5. In "Animal Spirits," what does think about the members of Argo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the memories Toby has when he is in the maize field.

2. In "Mind Surgery," how does Toby go about healing himself?

3. What does Killeen's image tell Toby?

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

5. In "Hard Spark," why does Quath say that water is scarce?

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

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

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

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

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

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