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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. While bringing the pod on board, what happened to the MacArthur?
(a) It lost gravity.
(b) It was damaged.
(c) It lost air.
(d) It lost power.

2. What is the Motie who first spots the Empire ship doing when she sees the ship?
(a) Looking for new things to teach her class.
(b) Looking for other signs of water.
(c) Looking for scarce metal resources.
(d) Looking for new sources of food.

3. Why is the MacArthur going to move further away from the Motie ship after the miniature Motie escaped?
(a) As a preparation for battle.
(b) To prevent communication.
(c) To exterminate the Motie.
(d) As a precaution.

4. Faster-than-light travel means the time needed to travel between different solar systems from what locations is null.
(a) Warp points.
(b) Light points.
(c) Reference points.
(d) Jump points.

5. Why is the crew of the the MacArthur overcrowded?
(a) To make room for the extra equipment.
(b) To make room for the passengers.
(c) To make room for the scientists.
(d) To make room for the extra supplies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year is it in the Prologue?

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

3. Renner's first name is what?

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 are the first hints about the incredible age of the Motie civilization?

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

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

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

5. What is one ability of humans that confuses the Moties?

6. Why did the Motie Engineer bring the smaller Moties on the human ship?

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

8. How does Sally raise the tension level surrounding what to do with the alien pod?

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

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

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