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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 Jon say is on his side in his fight with Keepiru?

2. What does Charles hope to get for all of his experiments?

3. Who on the ship suffers most after the second psi-bomb?

4. What does Keepiru lead Jon into to trap him?

5. Who discovers what the metal mound on the planet is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kph-kree tell Creideiki about his beloved ship?

2. What does Creideiki ask of the Karrank%?

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

4. What does Hikahi refuse to do if Streaker is destroyed?

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

6. What do the Gubru report finding on the volcanic planet?

7. What did the pre-Uplift religion say about death and the food chain?

8. Why does Krat not attack the humans left on Kithrup?

9. What does Tom see in his last trance in the book?

10. What ends up being Creideiki's duty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of manipulation from this book, and how would the plot have been different had these betrayals not have occurred?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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