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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. What does Dennie do when Sah'ot makes advances on her?

2. What does Dennie like about Creideiki?

3. What is more important to Charles than anything else?

4. What does Keepiru collect before leaving the ship?

5. Why has the ship been closed down?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is different about the Streaker?

3. Why does Krat kill a librarian?

4. How does Gillian learn about the truth onboard the ship?

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

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

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

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

9. What does the Krat order after the first psi bomb goes off?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the mysterious nature of this plot affect its progression? Which characters were most influential in maintaining this veil of mystery that was present in the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Gillian and Dennie are similar in many ways, and yet they have some important differences. Using citations from the book, compare and contrast these two important characters from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Courage and fear are two very important themes that overlap in this book many times. What are some examples of these themes, and how do these examples affect the progression of the plot?

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