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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. How big is Mirasol's new land?
(a) Thirty square kilometers.
(b) Twenty square miles.
(c) Twenty square kilometers.
(d) Thirty square miles.

2. Whose voice does Dr. Afriel hear?
(a) Dr. Merny's.
(b) Dr. Marny's.
(c) Dr. Mirnie's.
(d) Dr. Mirny's.

3. Why do Lindsay and Vera's hearts leap?
(a) They have finally found what they are looking for.
(b) There is actually an environment untouched by mankind.
(c) The geology of Earth is like Europa.
(d) There is a way for detente to be permanently plausible.

4. What are Nikolai's last words?
(a) Ignorance is Bliss.
(b) There is bliss in ignorance.
(c) Freedom is Futile.
(d) Futility is Freedom.

5. For whom is Lindsay waiting?
(a) Alexandrina.
(b) Kitsune.
(c) His clone of Nora.
(d) Wellspring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can Lindsay not help but do after Gomez leaves?

2. How does Nikolai's wife die?

3. How long does this new caste member live?

4. What is the first thing the immortal rat does following its release?

5. What does she have that the Investors want?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the factions only get twelve hours?

2. What has Landau been waiting for, and why did he have to wait?

3. What is so special about the discreets?

4. What had Pongpianskul attempted to do, and failed?

5. Why do the Cicadas need to bathe but Lindsay does not?

6. How is Wellspring dressed and why?

7. Who had been the previous occupant of the ship and what had happened to it?

8. What is unique about "Fuzzy"?

9. What makes it clear that the Investors hadn't intended to trade their pet?

10. What does Dr. Mirny tell Dr. Afriel about the Swarm and what he can hope to gain from them?

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