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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the pod brought into the ship?

2. What year is it in the Prologue?

3. The alien object appears to have come from what system?

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

5. Who wants an access tunnel built from the Motie ship to the cutter?

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. How does Rod suppress his feelings of fear in approaching the alien vessel?

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

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

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

7. What has the assignment to bring the alien pod on board the MacArthur done for the crew?

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

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

10. Why does the Motie Engineer confuse the humans she first meets with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is anthropomorphism? How does anthropomorphism influence the actions of the characters in this story? Provide at least three examples from the text in support of your answer.

Essay Topic 2

How are Rod's military perspective and Sally's anthropological perspective compared and contrasted in the book? Explain your answer using at least three specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

What is a literary climax? What is the climax of this story? Explain your answer using specific examples from the book.

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