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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of star is The Mote in God's Eye?
(a) Yellow giant.
(b) White giant.
(c) Blue giant.
(d) Green giant.

3. How are the humans on the planet recalled to the ships?
(a) Secret code.
(b) By a messenger.
(c) A televised message.
(d) With a communique.

4. What title does Sandra Fuller Bright hold?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Lady.
(c) Commander.
(d) Engineer.

5. Why does Rod record everything at the meeting?
(a) For discovery.
(b) In case they are captured.
(c) For science.
(d) For the record.

Short Answer Questions

1. The alien found in the pod is a highly-developed what?

2. Buckman believes that money and power are to serve the purpose of what?

3. The Motie that Whitbred brings to the ship is only interested in what?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 17, how many classifications of Moties does everyone think there is?

5. What kind of activity is occurring on the pod when it is first brought onto the MacArthur?

Short Essay Questions

1. What, finally, impresses everyone that the escaped Moties on the MacArthur pose a problem?

2. How do the individuals on board the MacArthur demonstrate a class-system like the Motie Engineer?

3. How does the third person narrator help the story in Chapter 14?

4. How are the human scientists not being objective observers regarding the Moties?

5. What emotions does Rod feel when he learns the alien is dead inside the pod?

6. What has the assignment to bring the alien pod on board the MacArthur done for the crew?

7. What are the reactions of the humans to the reproduction between the small Moties after knowing that one changed from female to male?

8. What do the Moties show the humans while they are on Mote Prime?

9. What are Admiral Kutuzov's orders regarding the MacArthur?

10. How does Rod suppress his feelings of fear in approaching the alien vessel?

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