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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) Honor-promotion.
(b) Earned-promotion.
(c) Merit-promotion.
(d) Field-promotion.

2. What kind of activity is occurring on the pod when it is first brought onto the MacArthur?
(a) The occupants are sleeping.
(b) Eating.
(c) The occupants are singing.
(d) No activity.

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

4. Which is the most likely Motie to have switched from female to male on the MacArthur?
(a) The largest one.
(b) The one who was last off the ship.
(c) The smallest one.
(d) The one who recently gave birth.

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

6. When Cargill checks the gun batteries, what does he find?
(a) They are filled with mini-Moties.
(b) They are empty.
(c) The Moties have eaten them.
(d) They are missing.

7. When the MacArthur gets to the rendezvous point, what does Rod do?
(a) Put all passengers in a central location.
(b) Call the ship to battle stations.
(c) Run a sensor sweep of the alien ship.
(d) Signal an alert.

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

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

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

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

12. Renner's first name is what?
(a) Kevin.
(b) George.
(c) Rangel.
(d) Matt.

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

14. The Motie that Whitbred brings to the ship is only interested in what?
(a) Math.
(b) Language.
(c) Principles.
(d) Tools.

15. When Whitbred is dressed down into a tight skin suit, what do the Moties do?
(a) Put him in their clothing.
(b) Examine him.
(c) Give him a bath.
(d) Make him run laps.

Short Answer Questions

1. Potter goes with Renner and who else to visit The Church of Him?

2. What word do the humans use to describe the atmosphere on the Motie planet?

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

4. Why does Rod record everything at the meeting?

5. The first Motie that Sally meets has an amazing capacity for doing what to her environment?

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