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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 Keepiru collect before leaving the ship?

2. How many times have Client Races tried to rebel?

3. Gillian credits the Niss machine with what attribute?

4. What is Gillian's last name?

5. What does Haoke try to get Moki to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Creideiki accept Tom's risky plan for escape?

3. Why does Gillian get angry with Jim?

4. What is Uplift?

5. What is different about the Streaker?

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

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

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

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

10. What does the Niss say is necessary while searching the Library on the wrecked ship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Violence is something that is resorted to a number of times in this book, and yet some characters feel justified in their violent actions. Who are some of these characters, and how does their feeling about violence affect their place in the plot and the characters who are in contact with them?

Essay Topic 2

What were the Orce splices, and how did their involvement in this story change the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Jon and Jim are two characters who exhibited some extreme anger. How did they react to this anger, and how were their lives affected by this extreme anger?

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