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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. The humans feel what emotion when they see that the Motie Whitbred brought to the ship is only interested in one thing?
(a) Distrust.
(b) Repulsion.
(c) Amazement.
(d) Confusion.

2. Sally wants to study societies that fell back into primitivism as the result of what wars?
(a) Revolution Wars.
(b) Population Wars.
(c) Secession Wars.
(d) Independence Wars.

3. What is the name given, by the humans, to the approaching Motie ship?
(a) Stone Ship.
(b) Stone Beehive.
(c) Stone Rock.
(d) Stone Mountain.

4. What rank does Whitbred hold?
(a) Petty Officer First Class.
(b) Petty Officer.
(c) Midshipman.
(d) Cadet.

5. What rank does the commander of the Lenin hold?
(a) Admiral.
(b) Captain.
(c) Commander.
(d) General.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who points out the deliberate and meaningful approach of the Motie ship on the MacArthur?

2. In response to Sally's first attempt at communication, what does the Motie take apart and rebuild?

3. What kind of cars do the humans use to get around on the surface of the Motie planet?

4. Who is the person that finds differences between the Brown and Brown/White Moties?

5. Humanity expanded throughout space rather than becoming what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one of Rod's flaws?

2. Why are the humans on Mote Prime recalled to the ship via secret code?

3. What does the visual record in The Church of Him show the Navy men?

4. How are the scientists anthropomorphizing the Moties?

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

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

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 is the blindness that afflicts the humans when they visit the Motie zoo?

9. What is the primary purpose of the dinner party in relation to the plot of the story?

10. What does faster than light travel mean for the humans in the story?

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