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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the nearest city to the museum where the midshipmen gather after crashing to the Motie planet?
(a) Bird Whistle.
(b) Duck Whistle.
(c) Robin Whistle.
(d) Geese Whistle.

2. Rod is given a message to carry back to New Scotland that is coded at what level?
(a) Commander level.
(b) Captain level.
(c) General level.
(d) Officer level.

3. How do the midshipmen get from the museum to the nearest city?
(a) They walk.
(b) The take the train.
(c) They take horses.
(d) They take the airplane.

4. What kind of boat is waiting to take Kutuzov to his new assignment at the blockade?
(a) Sailing boat.
(b) Messenger boat.
(c) Escort boat.
(d) Landing boat.

5. What do the men sent to the MacArthur to set the self-destruct sequence have to take to get off the MacArthur?
(a) Space taxi.
(b) A spacewalk.
(c) Jet packs.
(d) Lifeboat pods.

6. The Commission decides that before anything, the Moties must be given an opportunity to do what?
(a) Destroy their space abilities.
(b) Retreat to their home world.
(c) Surrender.
(d) Provide the truth.

7. Who is not present when the full meeting of the Commission is called?
(a) The Moties.
(b) Senator Fowler.
(c) Sally.
(d) Rod.

8. What is a vital component of every collapse the Motie world has experienced?
(a) Violence.
(b) Population control.
(c) Technology.
(d) The Watchmakers.

9. The Mediators teach the Blaine children to read what?
(a) Motie language.
(b) Body language.
(c) Facial expressions.
(d) Human history books.

10. Once Bury has left the MacArthur, he becomes more and more what?
(a) Violent.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Paranoid.
(d) Enraged.

11. Who is the prime human liaison for the Motie Ambassadors on the human ship?
(a) Hardy.
(b) Selby.
(c) Brown.
(d) Whitfield.

12. What status is the ship at during the funeral service for the midshipmen?
(a) Intruder-alert.
(b) Light jump-ready.
(c) Battle-ready.
(d) Defensive-alert.

13. What alternative does Charlie offer to the Commission?
(a) Embargoes.
(b) Making the Moties planet-bound.
(c) Blockade.
(d) Imprisonment.

14. The midshipmen head to what location, beneath the museum, to defend against the troops?
(a) The cellar.
(b) The subway.
(c) The basement.
(d) The service tunnels.

15. Who figures out the combination lock on the large building where the men meet after crashing their pods?
(a) Burris.
(b) Staley.
(c) Whitbred.
(d) Potter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Moties turn on in their quarters before discussing the limitations of their mission?

2. Defiant was wounded during what?

3. Who decodes the message Rod is carrying?

4. How does Porter die?

5. What title does Charlie's Master hold?

(see the answer keys)

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