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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. What class is the Motie who first spots the Empire ship?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Engineer.
(c) Scientist.
(d) Geologist.

2. Who is the person who finally approves of the tunnel from the Motie ship to the cutter?
(a) The Chancellor.
(b) The Viceroy.
(c) Rod.
(d) The Admiral.

3. When the shrouds connecting the pod to the sail are cut, what does the pod do?
(a) Runs into the MacArthur.
(b) Escapes into a warm hole.
(c) Speeds away.
(d) Fall towards the sun.

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

5. What kind of drive does the MacArthur have?
(a) Light Drive.
(b) Speed Drive.
(c) Alderson Drive.
(d) Langston Drive.

Short Answer Questions

1. A Master Motie is what color?

2. What color is the alien's fur when Whitbred first meets her?

3. The air in what location, has been purified so the humans can breathe?

4. How are the humans on the planet recalled to the ships?

5. What kind of studies did Sally Fowler complete?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the scientists anthropomorphizing the Moties?

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

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

4. Who sees the risk in the escaped Moties aboard the MacArthur?

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

6. What are the first hints about the incredible age of the Motie civilization?

7. What does Hardy point out about the different viewpoints on the ship?

8. What does Bury believe is the measure of an individual?

9. What words describe Rod Blaine in his first appearance in the book?

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

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