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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 title does Charlie's Master hold?

2. Castle City has no weapons or what?

3. What describes the Moties language?

4. The Commission decides that before anything, the Moties must be given an opportunity to do what?

5. What is contained in the large building the midshipmen enter after crashing on the Motie home world?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the MacArthur changed from New Chicago through its destruction?

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

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

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

5. Why do the senior officers want to see the tape of the lifeboats' destruction?

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

7. How are the Moties able to hide their conversations from the humans?

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. Once the Motie ambassadors arrive on New Scotland, how do they view the humans?

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

Citing examples from the book, explain in what ways the characterizations of the aliens are more complex than the characterizations of the humans.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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