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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 did Keepiru learn to fight?

2. What does Gillian fear when she is back on the Streaker?

3. What weapon does Moki use against Keepiru?

4. What does Jon do when Akki dies?

5. What does Sa'oht tell Creideiki about that greatly interests him when he wakes up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Keepiru threaten Jon's posterity?

5. What is in Tom's message?

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

7. What ends up being Creideiki's duty?

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

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

10. What is Tom doing when he is rescued?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What do you think was the most important motivating factor in this book, and why? Please substantiate your idea with citations from the text.

Essay Topic 3

What were the different cultures described in this book, and how did they differ with and relate to one another?

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