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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What class is the Motie who first spots the Empire ship?
(a) Scientist.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Geologist.
(d) Engineer.

2. Who wants an access tunnel built from the Motie ship to the cutter?
(a) The Admiral.
(b) The scientists.
(c) Rod.
(d) The civilians.

3. Every picture in the museum is of a Motie doing what?
(a) Talking with another Motie.
(b) Something specific.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Nothing.

4. What type of star is The Mote in God's Eye?
(a) Yellow giant.
(b) Green giant.
(c) White giant.
(d) Blue giant.

5. Buckman believes that money and power are to serve the purpose of what?
(a) Research.
(b) His family.
(c) Human-kind.
(d) Himself.

6. Whitbred finds out that the Moties can predict when Murcheson's Eye will do what?
(a) Create a black hole.
(b) Explode.
(c) Die.
(d) Go supernova.

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

8. What is the Motie who first spots the Empire ship doing when she sees the ship?
(a) Looking for scarce metal resources.
(b) Looking for other signs of water.
(c) Looking for new things to teach her class.
(d) Looking for new sources of food.

9. How many days does Sinclair spend in the tool room before he is assigned a Fyunch?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

10. Where does Jonathan go so he can have a secure discussion with his captain?
(a) Space.
(b) A closet.
(c) The engineering room.
(d) The airlock.

11. What kind of drive does the MacArthur have?
(a) Light Drive.
(b) Langston Drive.
(c) Alderson Drive.
(d) Speed Drive.

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

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

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

15. How long after the pod is brought aboard does it take until a mission is approved to The Mote?
(a) Five days.
(b) One day.
(c) One week.
(d) One month.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 17, how many classifications of Moties does everyone think there is?

2. The air in what location, has been purified so the humans can breathe?

3. What kind of cars do the humans use to get around on the surface of the Motie planet?

4. How are the humans on the planet recalled to the ships?

5. What rank does the commander of the Lenin hold?

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