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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do Rod and Sally want to perform their wedding ceremony?
(a) Cargill.
(b) The Senator.
(c) Kutuzov.
(d) Hardy.

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

3. On board the Lenin, Horace finds his drive to control his environment is what?
(a) Unwelcome.
(b) Thwarted.
(c) A hazard.
(d) Gone.

4. Who suggests that the Moties are so well adapted to free-fall that something allowed these adaptations to occur?
(a) Hardy.
(b) Sally.
(c) Cargill.
(d) Kevin.

5. In the story Charlie tells, the condemned man is given a year to make what happen?
(a) A frog sing.
(b) A horse sing.
(c) A sheep sing.
(d) A dog sing.

6. Horace is feeling what emotion while on board the Lenin after evacuating from the MacArthur?
(a) Fear.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Depression.
(d) Frustration.

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

8. What do the Moties call the repetition of war and development in their society?
(a) The Cycles.
(b) The Covenants.
(c) The Developments.
(d) The Beginnings.

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

10. What is waiting for the Lenin on the other side of the jump point?
(a) A transport ship.
(b) A message sloop.
(c) A carrier ship.
(d) A cargo sloop.

11. What are the first stages of the war that breaks out on the Motie planet?
(a) Parades of warriors.
(b) Acts of little destruction.
(c) Shows of weapons.
(d) Demonstrations of power.

12. Who goes to Rob's cabin to interrupt his doldrums?
(a) Kutuzov.
(b) Sally.
(c) Kevin.
(d) Cargill.

13. What do the Moties turn on in their quarters before discussing the limitations of their mission?
(a) Music.
(b) The computer.
(c) The radio.
(d) The television.

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

15. When Bury is brought to the palace by a group of Marines, he expects to be sentenced for his part in the rebellion at what location?
(a) New Buenos Ares.
(b) New Chicago.
(c) New Los Angeles.
(d) New Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wants to go back to the Moties and learn more about them after the Lenin leaves the area?

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

3. What is the name of the nearest city to the museum where the midshipmen gather after crashing to the Motie planet?

4. Rod is given a message to carry back to New Scotland that is coded at what level?

5. Who is perplexed by the meaning of gender mutation?

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