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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Faster-than-light travel means the time needed to travel between different solar systems from what locations is null.
(a) Jump points.
(b) Reference points.
(c) Light points.
(d) Warp points.

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

3. While bringing the pod on board, what happened to the MacArthur?
(a) It lost gravity.
(b) It lost air.
(c) It lost power.
(d) It was damaged.

4. Where is the zoo on the Motie home world located?
(a) The mountains.
(b) Underground.
(c) The park.
(d) A building.

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

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

7. In response to Sally's first attempt at communication, what does the Motie take apart and rebuild?
(a) The recorder.
(b) The video camera.
(c) The space shuttle.
(d) The computer.

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

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

10. Why does Rod record everything at the meeting?
(a) For the record.
(b) For science.
(c) In case they are captured.
(d) For discovery.

11. What kind of picture do the men seek to see in The Church of Him?
(a) A portrait.
(b) A two-dimensional picture.
(c) A landscape.
(d) A holograph.

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

13. What does Rod believe the small Moties loose on his ship have discovered?
(a) Human superiority.
(b) Imperial military technology.
(c) Human weaknesses.
(d) Imperial military secrets.

14. The air in what location, has been purified so the humans can breathe?
(a) The city.
(b) The atmosphere.
(c) The Castle.
(d) The Capitol.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Whitbred's first name?

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

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

4. Whitbred finds out that the Moties can predict when Murcheson's Eye will do what?

5. How many vessels are going on the mission to The Mote?

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