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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 does the Sailing Master think was launched from Mote Prime towards the jump point?
(a) A personal spacecraft.
(b) A cargo ship.
(c) A fuel ship.
(d) An additional ship.

2. Sally is convinced the Admiral must take the Motie ambassadors where?
(a) New Paris.
(b) New Ireland.
(c) New Scotland.
(d) New London.

3. Mote Prime is covered with what type of indentations that are caused by asteroid impacts?
(a) Caves.
(b) Craters.
(c) Covens.
(d) Caldera.

4. Who suggests that the Moties are so well adapted to free-fall that something allowed these adaptations to occur?
(a) Kevin.
(b) Sally.
(c) Cargill.
(d) Hardy.

5. Who escorts the Moties to their quarters after leaving the Lenin?
(a) Airmen.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Marines.
(d) Midshipmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bury manages to retrieve what with the small Moties in stasis before evacuating?

2. Rod is given a message to carry back to New Scotland that is coded at what level?

3. Who goes to Rob's cabin to interrupt his doldrums?

4. When the Motie ambassadors realize their revelation about their lifespan is distressing to the humans, they suggest what?

5. Kevin will serve as Bury's what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Moties learn about the reason the MacArthur was destroyed?

2. What is the defense Jock comes up with for the images Kevin shows from the probe before the probe fired on the MacArthur?

3. What about the asteroids around Mote Prime shock and amaze the scientists?

4. What comfort do the Moties find in the thoughts of the Blockade?

5. Why is the truth about the Moties frightening for other races in the cosmos?

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

7. Why are the museums set up on Mote Prime?

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

9. How has Horace changed because of his contact with the Moties?

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

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