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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who believes the Moties are spies sent to learn the MacArthur's secrets?
(a) Bury.
(b) Leon.
(c) Lennin.
(d) Kutuzov.

4. What does the Motie try to disassemble when it reaches Whitbred's space taxi?
(a) Engines.
(b) Control panel.
(c) Windows.
(d) Bothroom.

5. Why do the Moties invite the MacArthur into orbit around their planet?
(a) To capture the MacArthur.
(b) To enslave the humans.
(c) To use the MacArthur.
(d) To visit.

6. The Motie assigned to Bury has a Master who is interested in what?
(a) Trade with humans.
(b) Human money.
(c) Resources the humans have.
(d) Using the humans.

7. How many opposable thumbs are on the right hands of the alien?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

8. All the Moties who are assigned to humans are of what class?
(a) Engineers.
(b) Communicators.
(c) Masters.
(d) Mediators.

9. 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?
(a) Primitive system.
(b) Caste system.
(c) Free-culture system.
(d) Family system.

10. A Master Motie is what color?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Grey.
(d) Tan.

11. How long does it take the MacArthur to get to the rendezvous point with the alien ship?
(a) Four days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Three days.
(d) One day.

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

13. What rank does Whitbred hold?
(a) Petty Officer.
(b) Midshipman.
(c) Cadet.
(d) Petty Officer First Class.

14. What rank does the commander of the Lenin hold?
(a) Admiral.
(b) Captain.
(c) General.
(d) Commander.

15. Who points out the deliberate and meaningful approach of the Motie ship on the MacArthur?
(a) George.
(b) Joshua.
(c) James.
(d) Kevin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Horace think cannot prove his guilt about being involved in the rebellion?

2. What type of star is The Mote in God's Eye?

3. When Cargill checks the gun batteries, what does he find?

4. What is the Motie who first spots the Empire ship doing when she sees the ship?

5. Who is the person who finally approves of the tunnel from the Motie ship to the cutter?

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