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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. Where do Toshio and Dennis plan to rendezvous?

2. What amuses Tom after he sends the message?

3. What causes indigenous fish to flee the are?

4. What does Creideiki call the Karrank%?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is in Tom's message?

2. What does Niss teach Gillian about legends?

3. When does Gillian order an emergency take-off?

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

5. How does Gillian make her vessel look disabled?

6. What does Creideiki ask of the Karrank%?

7. How does Keepiru feel after the death of Jon?

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

9. Why does Gillian not weep after hearing the message from Tom?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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