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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of promotion does Rod receive before commanding the MacArthur into the Mote?
(a) Earned-promotion.
(b) Merit-promotion.
(c) Honor-promotion.
(d) Field-promotion.

2. When the shrouds connecting the pod to the sail are cut, what does the pod do?
(a) Escapes into a warm hole.
(b) Runs into the MacArthur.
(c) Speeds away.
(d) Fall towards the sun.

3. What feeling does Horace have about the lack of success of the rebellion?
(a) Remorse.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Unhappiness.

4. Kutuzov's job is to do what to the MacArthur if it comes under enemy control?
(a) Destroy it.
(b) Rescue it.
(c) Send notification to the human worlds.
(d) Escape with information.

5. How many vessels are going on the mission to The Mote?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

6. Who is the person who finally approves of the tunnel from the Motie ship to the cutter?
(a) The Chancellor.
(b) Rod.
(c) The Admiral.
(d) The Viceroy.

7. What is the name given, by the humans, to the approaching Motie ship?
(a) Stone Ship.
(b) Stone Mountain.
(c) Stone Rock.
(d) Stone Beehive.

8. Who is the first person to notice the little Moties are having intercourse?
(a) Jane.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Laura.
(d) Sandy.

9. When Blaine is first promoted to Captain, where was he supposed to take the ship for repairs?
(a) New Scotland.
(b) New London.
(c) New England.
(d) New France.

10. Who does Horace think cannot prove his guilt about being involved in the rebellion?
(a) The Government.
(b) The Navy.
(c) The Senate.
(d) The Admiral.

11. The first Motie that Sally meets has an amazing capacity for doing what to her environment?
(a) Controlling it.
(b) Observing it.
(c) Changing it.
(d) Sensing it.

12. What kind of star is Murcheson's Eye?
(a) Class B.
(b) Super nova.
(c) Red giant.
(d) Overheated.

13. In Part 2, Chapter 19, what technique is used effectively for the first time?
(a) Humor.
(b) Comparisons.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Simile.

14. What is Horace Bury's occupation?
(a) Writer.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Trader.
(d) Manager.

15. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what does Horace search for?
(a) Information.
(b) Escape.
(c) Proof.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who volunteers to unload the artifacts from the shuttle to the MacArthur?

2. Who believes the Moties are spies sent to learn the MacArthur's secrets?

3. The thoughts of the female Motie who is the first to spot the Empire ships indicate that the Moties operate in what kind of system?

4. While bringing the pod on board, what happened to the MacArthur?

5. Sally wants to study societies that fell back into primitivism as the result of what wars?

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