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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is not present to help Rob get to the Mote system?
(a) Another ship.
(b) Navigation charts.
(c) A jump point.
(d) Fuel.

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

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

6. The Moties are directed, by their Master, to find out about what human ability?
(a) Development.
(b) Common sense.
(c) Procreation.
(d) Logic.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. What emotion does Rob feel when he learns the size of the alien object?
(a) Awe.
(b) Inspiration.
(c) Fear.
(d) Anger.

10. What kind of studies did Sally Fowler complete?
(a) Political Science.
(b) Sociology.
(c) Geology.
(d) Anthropology.

11. Potter goes with Renner and who else to visit The Church of Him?
(a) Scotch.
(b) Scottsman.
(c) Smully.
(d) Staley.

12. What color is the alien's fur when Whitbred first meets her?
(a) Brown and white.
(b) Brown.
(c) Grey.
(d) White.

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

14. How is the pod brought into the ship?
(a) It voluntarily came in.
(b) A tractor beam.
(c) A hook and line.
(d) It was piloted in.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Moties invite the MacArthur into orbit around their planet?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 9, what aspect of human society is further explained to the reader?

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

4. When the MacArthur learns that another ship is on its way to meet them while they are observing the Moties, where does the MacArthur send a small expedition?

5. What kind of promotion does Rod receive before commanding the MacArthur into the Mote?

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