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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 Toshio wonder when the quaking starts?

2. What is Jim sad about when he sees he will die?

3. What makes Jon a malevolent cannibal?

4. Who does Jim say should not have been let on to the crew?

5. What kills Jon?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Karrank% not want to work with Creideiki at first?

2. How does the Acceptor feel about what is happening on Kithrup? Why?

3. Why does Tom decide to fire on the Espiarch?

4. What does Creideiki do to help when he recovers from his coma?

5. What did Gillian regret when she thought she had failed?

6. What does Creideiki ask of the Karrank%?

7. What does Krat say when the Thennanin leave the alliance? Why?

8. How does Keepiru threaten Jon's posterity?

9. What does Creideiki hope to do to help Tom while with the Karrank%?

10. What happened just as Gillian thought she had failed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the main elements of foreshadowing from this book, and how did their fulfillment shape the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

How did Gillian and Tom's relationship change over the course of this book, and what were the major causes of these changes?

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