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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has come to visit Lindsay?

2. Where does the child want to go?

3. What is in the bag?

4. The woman who meets up with Lindsay at the clinic is _________________?

5. Whose grace and beauty wound Lindsay?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are habitats sacred?

2. Why does the Alien's arrival signal the start of peace between the Mechanists and Shapers?

3. What does Greta suggest when they arrive back at her suite?

4. What news hits Constantine hard?

5. What is Zen Sarotonin?

6. Who is Evan Kelland to Lindsay?

7. How do the locals view marriage to Carnassus?

8. Why won't Nora come with Lindsay?

9. What is Constantine's pride and joy?

10. Why are the pirates jealous of the Shapers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the feuds against the Shapers. What characteristics make them so disliked? Who, specifically, doesn't like them and why? Do these presumed traits by enemies of the Shapers have merit? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Nora's commitment to the Mavride clan. How is this commitment different than anyone on Earth's commitment to their family? How is it similar? What are some of the drawbacks to this level of commitment?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Lindsay's relationships throughout the novel. What is interesting to note about each of them? What relationship lasts the longest, in the course of the novel and in years elapsed? Why do you think that is?

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