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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Sally is convinced the Admiral must take the Motie ambassadors where?
(a) New Scotland.
(b) New Ireland.
(c) New Paris.
(d) New London.

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

4. Kevin will serve as Bury's what?
(a) Personal jailer.
(b) Personal navigator.
(c) Personal merchant Captain.
(d) Personal liaison.

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

6. While Bury is going from the MacArthur to the Lenin, he sees that the Moties have taken over what?
(a) A shuttle.
(b) An air lock.
(c) A space suit.
(d) A space taxi.

7. How many men are sent to the MacArthur to set the self-destruct sequence in motion?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

8. Ivan panics because he realizes the Commission wants to do what?
(a) Enslave the Moties.
(b) Force reproduction control on the Moties.
(c) Destroy the Moties.
(d) Imprison the Moties.

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

10. The Mediators are comfortable prisoners at what location?
(a) Blair Manor.
(b) Balton Manor.
(c) Burrow Manor.
(d) Blaine Manor.

11. The Motie ambassadors are learning to fear humans thanks to what?
(a) Television.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Computers.
(d) Internet.

12. Where do the midshipmen crash their lifeboats?
(a) Into a lake.
(b) In the mountains.
(c) In a farming area.
(d) Into a building.

13. Who predicted the humans would offer to bring the Moties into the Empire with severe limitations?
(a) Jock.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Jackson.

14. The Commission enlists Bury to help control what association and Motie related issues?
(a) Scavengers Association.
(b) Traders Association.
(c) Rebellion Association.
(d) Weapons Dealers Association.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What alternative does Charlie offer to the Commission?

2. Who figures out the combination lock on the large building where the men meet after crashing their pods?

3. Who assembles for the war council?

4. Kutuzov wants to take the gift ship home but is not excited about what?

5. When the Motie ambassadors realize their revelation about their lifespan is distressing to the humans, they suggest what?

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