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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. Where is Isaac going when he visits, "a moving stew of human and vodyanoi, cactus, khepri and other, rarer, breeds: hotchi and strider and stiltspear and races the names of which Isaac did not know"?
(a) The circus.
(b) The church.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The elementary school.

2. What complaint do Isaac's laboratory partners have about sharing the room with Isaac?
(a) He is very untidy.
(b) He is very rude.
(c) He never pays his rent on time.
(d) They have no complaints about Isaac.

3. What is Derkhan's last name?
(a) Blueday.
(b) Whiteday.
(c) Brownday.
(d) Greenday.

4. During what season of the year do the slake moths hatch?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

5. How does the slake moth kill Dr. Barbile?
(a) By sucking out her insides.
(b) By giving her allergic reaction.
(c) By smothering her with its wings.
(d) By making a small cut that slowly drains out her blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the assistant who works at the University library?

2. What beverage does Isaac typically drink on his way to work?

3. According to David, who did Isaac get the larvae from?

4. What type of animal is a mafadet?

5. After Lin eats colorberries, from which part of her body does she secrete them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What project was Dr. Barbile working on before it was cancelled by the government?

2. Upon freeing itself from the laboratory, where does the slake moth head, and how do the townspeople react?

3. What sounds does Isaac wake to in the morning of the novel's first chapter?

4. Who is Ged and how does he feel about Isaac's new project?

5. What disagreement do Issac and Yagharek have about the power source that will be used to propel his flight?

6. What type of scientist would Isaac say he is?

7. Why is Vermishank killed?

8. What does Lin look like?

9. How do the people of New Crobuzon react when they hear that Isaac is studying flying creatures?

10. Why does Isaac suddenly set all his winged laboratory creatures free?

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