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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 Whitbred's first name?

2. When Whitbred is dressed down into a tight skin suit, what do the Moties do?

3. Who is the person who finally approves of the tunnel from the Motie ship to the cutter?

4. Who does Horace think cannot prove his guilt about being involved in the rebellion?

5. What type of message did Rob receive that told him an alien object had entered the system?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are the scientists anthropomorphizing the Moties?

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

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

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

6. How do the individuals on board the MacArthur demonstrate a class-system like the Motie Engineer?

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

8. What are Admiral Kutuzov's orders regarding the MacArthur?

9. What do the mummies from the asteroid display?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the Motie's idea of solutions to problems? How is that different from the Mediator's idea? What does this mean for the Motie's interactions with humans? Use at least three examples from the book in support of your answer.

Essay Topic 2

How does the theme of experiencing loss in order to gain play out in the story? Cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

How did Rod's upbringing prepare him for contact with an alien culture and the social and political impacts involved? Cite examples from the book in support of your answer.

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