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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. What is not present to help Rob get to the Mote system?

2. What kind of cars do the humans use to get around on the surface of the Motie planet?

3. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what does Horace search for?

4. What kinds of civilizations has Sally found while digging on the planet?

5. How many vessels are going on the mission to The Mote?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the urgency of the local Navy headquarters made clear in Chapter 4?

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

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

5. What does the visual record in The Church of Him show the Navy men?

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

7. How are the scientists anthropomorphizing the Moties?

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

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

10. What is one of Rod's flaws?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does the conflict between science and the military have in the story? What influence does that have on the mission of the MacArthur and the Lenin and on the Commission? Use specific examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

What are a prologue and epilogue? What are their purposes? How do the prologue and epilogue meet fail in their purposes in this book? Cite specific examples in support of your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Blaine and Bury both suffer from blindness. Compare and contrast, using examples from the book, the types of blindness Blaine and Bury suffer from and what the effects of that suffering are.

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