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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the deacon figure Brutha escaped?
(a) Through tunnels.
(b) He doesn't think he could have escaped.
(c) On horseback
(d) The gods rescued him.

2. What does Om contemplate as Brutha sleeps?
(a) Their path to Omnia.
(b) Mortality.
(c) Their return to Ephebe.
(d) Their survival.

3. What does Vorbis do to Brutha near Omnia?
(a) Nothing. He is too addled.
(b) He kills him.
(c) He brings him water.
(d) He hits him on the head with a rock.

4. How does Didactylos feel about sureness?
(a) He thinks certainty is a fluke.
(b) He distrusts it.
(c) He feels that certainty comes from a group vote.
(d) He only deals with certainty.

5. What is the sea goddess distracted by?
(a) A porpoise.
(b) The fire in the city.
(c) Om.
(d) The larger Omnian vessel.

6. What type of government will Omnia have?
(a) It won't have a government.
(b) Monarchy.
(c) Theocracy.
(d) Democracy.

7. How is Om spared from Vorbis?
(a) Vorbis mistakes another turtle for him.
(b) He offers to free Vorbis' soul forever.
(c) He begs.
(d) He runs away.

8. What does Om fend off while Brutha is sleeping?
(a) A lion.
(b) Nightmares.
(c) A hoard of small gods.
(d) Snakes.

9. What does Brutha do before he is dragged away?
(a) He refrains from hitting Vorbis.
(b) He curses Om verbally.
(c) He hits Vorbis.
(d) He spits on the statue of Om.

10. What unusual feeling does Vorbis have when he faces Death?
(a) Peace.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Uncertainty.

11. Who does Om sense that Brutha is going to confront?
(a) Urn.
(b) Vorbis.
(c) Sergeant Simony.
(d) Didactylos.

12. How does Om help Brutha extricate the arrow?
(a) He calms down the lion in its mind.
(b) He uses a sacred knife.
(c) He holds the surrounding skin.
(d) He gives the lion tranquilizers.

13. What has replaced faith according to Om?
(a) Doubt.
(b) Love.
(c) The church.
(d) Quests.

14. What weather hits them?
(a) Tornados.
(b) Zephyrs.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) Sleet.

15. What does Vorbis claim to be when they are in the Citadel?
(a) A prophet.
(b) A novice.
(c) A god.
(d) A priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Didactylos say about his own writing - to Brutha's dismay?

2. Why is Brutha worried as they leave the harbor?

3. When does the group travel?

4. What does St. Ungulant take for sustenance?

5. How does Brutha help Vorbis at the end of the book?

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