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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. Gillian credits the Niss machine with what attribute?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Sarcasm.
(c) Cruelty.
(d) Impatience.

2. Who does Jon want to be in charge?
(a) Gillian.
(b) Akki.
(c) Jim.
(d) Tom.

3. What kind of planet does this book take place on?
(a) A gaseous world..
(b) A ferral environment.
(c) A terra formation.
(d) A water world.

4. What causes the natural disaster in Chapter 7?
(a) Soro manipulation.
(b) The fleet of star ships in the atmosphere.
(c) Telepathic disturbance by the Acceptor.
(d) A crashed star cruiser.

5. What keeps the Soro queen from executing her chief?
(a) Her egg's crack.
(b) Her loneliness.
(c) Her maternal instinct.
(d) Her need for fertilization.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gillian learn about the Tandu?

2. Why has the ship been closed down?

3. What planet does this book take place on?

4. What does Sah'ot study?

5. What does Boult think the dolphins are hoarding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What keeps Creideiki focused on the task at hand?

2. What is Tom's plan for escape called? Why?

3. What does Gillian do during the first psi-attack, and why?

4. What does Metz know about the Bosun that most others do not?

5. When are excerpts of Gillian's journal used in the book?

6. What does Moki do when he is ordered to end Jon's hunt for Akki?

7. Why has Streaker stopped in Kithrup at the beginning of the book?

8. What did the Galactics do when they sensed a false mayday call?

9. What has happened every time Client Races have tried to rebel?

10. What does Charles discover about the sophonts while on Kithrup?

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