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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What weapon do the men set to self-destruct on the MacArthur?
(a) Hand guns.
(b) The ships' defensive guns.
(c) Torpedoes.
(d) Demolition equipment.

3. What describes the Moties language?
(a) Fast and high-pitched.
(b) Fast and rhythmic.
(c) Fast and discordant.
(d) Fast and incomprehensible.

4. When Rod arrives on New Scotland, he is immediately taken where?
(a) The Article 49 hearing.
(b) The Captain's Mast.
(c) The Court Martial.
(d) The Court of Inquiry.

5. Jock says that Renner is showing what kind of face when the group returns to discuss the Motie counteroffer?
(a) Sad face.
(b) Poker face.
(c) Happy face.
(d) Solemn face.

6. Jack was asked to do a study and projection of the Motie fleet potential based on what?
(a) Their resources and population.
(b) Their technology.
(c) Their population and history.
(d) Their space-worthiness.

7. Having seen the museum inside the large building, what do the Moties say the midshipmen have received?
(a) A death sentence.
(b) A ticket home.
(c) A sentence to the slave yards.
(d) Life imprisonment.

8. Kutuzov wants to take the gift ship home but is not excited about what?
(a) Having it near human worlds.
(b) Having it on board his ship.
(c) Having it connected to his ship.
(d) Having it near his ship.

9. Who is going to insist on a full war council before any decisions are made?
(a) Horvath.
(b) Kutuzov.
(c) Renner.
(d) Rod.

10. When Rod cannot answer the midshipmen's questions, the humans realize it is a Motie doing what?
(a) Trying to mimic Rod's voice.
(b) Using Rod's voice.
(c) Creating Rod's voice.
(d) Playing a tape of Rod's voice.

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

12. Who is denied access to the Lenin?
(a) The Fyunch.
(b) The scientists.
(c) The humans.
(d) The Master.

13. Mote Prime is covered with what type of indentations that are caused by asteroid impacts?
(a) Caves.
(b) Caldera.
(c) Covens.
(d) Craters.

14. Who assembles for the war council?
(a) Everyone on the ship.
(b) Crew, scientists, and officers.
(c) Officers and crew.
(d) Scientists and officers.

15. Who meets Rod and Sally when they arrive on New Scotland?
(a) Bart Fowler.
(b) Boris Fowler.
(c) Burt Fowler.
(d) Ben Fowler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Fyunch wants the midshipmen to get to her master to avoid their sentence?

2. The Commission decides that before anything, the Moties must be given an opportunity to do what?

3. What is waiting for the Lenin on the other side of the jump point?

4. What do the Moties call the repetition of war and development in their society?

5. The Mediators teach the Blaine children to read what?

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