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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. How does Gillian get to sickbay to talk to Hikahi?

2. Who cleans the inside of the wreck?

3. What is the hardest thing Hannes ever did?

4. What does Dennie like about Creideiki?

5. What natural disaster happens in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Krat want to do after the battle setback at the beginning of the book?

3. Why does Krat kill a librarian?

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

5. What does Creideiki think about the war in space?

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

7. What does Toshio discover when he is cleaning up?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Uplift, and what role does it play in this plot?

Essay Topic 2

What were some of the most evil things Krat did in this plot, and what were her reasons for these actions?

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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