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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 kind of creature is Boult?

2. What are the Brothers of the Night?

3. What does Sa'oht do when the bomb goes off?

4. What does Toshio count when he realizes the bomb is about to go off?

5. What does the Acceptor fail to communicate to its leader?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do the Xappish officers discuss in Chapter 20?

4. Why does Gillian get angry with Jim?

5. What is Uplift?

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

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

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

9. What does Creideiki do to comfort himself when he awakes, and what happens?

10. Why does Krat kill a librarian?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the literary tool of symbolism affect this plot, and what were some of the most important symbols?

Essay Topic 2

How does Metz die, and why is this so ironic?

Essay Topic 3

What did the Soro want with the dolphins, and what did they risk in their pursuit of this?

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