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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 Sa'oht do when the bomb goes off?
(a) Sings with it.
(b) Puts himself to sleep.
(c) Separates the sound strands.
(d) Throws rocks to drown out the sound.

2. What does Creideiki miss about his old species?
(a) Its intelligence.
(b) Its innocence.
(c) Its ignorance.
(d) Its independance.

3. How long every day does Gillian read?
(a) Three hours.
(b) Four hours.
(c) One hour.
(d) Two hours.

4. Why does K'tha Jon tell Moki to shut up?
(a) So he doesn't get out of control.
(b) So he doesn't let on about their plan.
(c) So he doesn't alienate the humans.
(d) All of these.

5. What kind of island does Tom dive for when the storm gets stronger?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Water.
(c) Terra.
(d) Metallic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of leak is traced to the Streaker?

2. What about the robot does Charles complain about?

3. What does Denni feel when she loses her concentration?

4. How many men does Tom take to inspect the wreck?

5. Gillian says a large portion of her crew is suffering with _________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Toshio fantasize about while working with the robot? Why?

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

3. What does Hikahi tell the Captain about the wreck they surveyed?

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

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

6. How does Hikahi calm others during the first psi-attack?

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

8. What is different about the Streaker?

9. How is the Xappish ship in Chapter 20 destroyed?

10. What is Uplift?

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