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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. When Rod arrives on New Scotland, he is immediately taken where?
(a) The Court Martial.
(b) The Article 49 hearing.
(c) The Court of Inquiry.
(d) The Captain's Mast.

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

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

4. Who assembles for the war council?
(a) Everyone on the ship.
(b) Crew, scientists, and officers.
(c) Scientists and officers.
(d) Officers and crew.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rod says he could give the order to completely destroy the Moties if what?

2. How do the midshipmen try to call the Lenin from Castle City?

3. When Rod cannot answer the midshipmen's questions, the humans realize it is a Motie doing what?

4. Who meets Rod and Sally when they arrive on New Scotland?

5. Who do Rod and Sally want to perform their wedding ceremony?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Fowler require that the Moties shoot first before the Navy attacks?

2. Why are the Moties not concerned about Kevin and his dislike of their counteroffer?

3. How do Ben and Rod force Bury into cooperation?

4. How does curiosity affect the three men who crashed on Mote Prime?

5. What is inside the museum where the three men who crashed on Mote Prime gather?

6. What is the first priority of the midshipmen after escaping from the Motie museum?

7. How does the Chaplin highlight the complexity of humans?

8. What happens to Rod at the Court of Inquiry?

9. What element does Sally and Rod's relationship demonstrate?

10. What does the Admiral do to send the Commissioners off his ship?

(see the answer keys)

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