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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. What does Tool say about blood?
(a) Nothing.
(b) It is thicker than water.
(c) It does not determine one's fate.
(d) It is usually true to itself.

2. What does Pyce think Nita will do for him?
(a) Look favorably upon Pyce brother for a CEO position in one of the companies.
(b) Help him blackmail Patel.
(c) Convince her father to let Pyce run the Tawain end of the business.
(d) Marry his oldest son and cemet Pyce's place in the family business.

3. Who is Reynolds?
(a) The crewmember to whom Nailer speaks about a job.
(b) The captain's first mate.
(c) The boatswain's mate.
(d) The cook.

4. How does Richard seem when he arrives and notices Nailer is awake?
(a) Puzzled.
(b) Genuinely pleased.
(c) Unhappy.
(d) Indifferent.

5. Why is it going to be very difficult for Nailer to work in the machine room?
(a) They do not need anyone in the way.
(b) He can't read.
(c) He's not strong enough to pull the levers.
(d) He is not tall enough to reach the levers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pyce worry Patel will do?

2. How does Nailer lose his pistol?

3. What ship had been chasing Nita into the storm?

4. How does Nailer feel on the train?

5. Who comes running into the shack when Blue Eyes is about to blind one of Nailer's eyes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Tool removed from being their guardian?

2. How do Richard's and Nailer's perceptions of the situation differ?

3. What does Captain Candless do after hearing Nailer's story?

4. What does Nailer realize about those on board the Pole Star, and what is his final thought about it?

5. How does Nailer almost blow Pima's deception to Richard?

6. What do they learn from Tool about Nita's kidnapping?

7. What happens between Nailer and his father in the engine room?

8. What decision does Nailer make about his father?

9. Describe the initial boarding of the Pole Star by the Dauntless crew.

10. What does Nailer learn immediately upon awakening?

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