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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aenea carry within her as a result of being the offspring of a human and a Core cybrid?
(a) A diamond.
(b) Peace.
(c) A secret.
(d) A virus.

2. What happens to Raul after he drank water upon arriving to Lock Childe Lamonde?
(a) He breaks his ankle.
(b) He gets a kidney stone.
(c) He gets a migraine.
(d) He faints.

3. What river does Raul paddle down in Chapter 6 through the Arch of the West?
(a) The Potomic River.
(b) The Mississippi River.
(c) The Yocona River.
(d) The St. Louis River.

4. Who is M. Anna Pelli Cognani?
(a) DeSoya's wife.
(b) DeSoya's sister.
(c) Isosaki's heir.
(d) Isosaki's waife.

5. What is DeSoya given command of in Chapter 3?
(a) A new Church world.
(b) A new cyborg,
(c) A new ship called the DaVinci.
(d) A new ship called the Raphael.

6. Who travels on the drop ship to Old Earth?
(a) DeSoya and Raul.
(b) Raul and Hoyt.
(c) Aeana and DeSoya.
(d) Raul and Aenea.

7. According to Aenea, what is the name of the mountain that is to be sought out?
(a) Hen She.
(b) Heng Shan.
(c) Hing Shun.
(d) Shen Hing.

8. Where is the Temple Hanging in the Air located?
(a) Tiawana.
(b) T'ene Shi.
(c) T'ien Shan.
(d) Teneessee.

9. Who is responsible for extracting every piece of the cruciform from the victim's body in Chapter 9?
(a) Raul.
(b) The Shrike.
(c) Isosaki.
(d) Nemes and her cyborgs.

10. What does Raul's kayak convert into as he presses the emergency button?
(a) A helicopter.
(b) A parachute.
(c) An airplane.
(d) A glider.

11. Who rips off the cyborg's head and tosses it into the river at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Nemes.
(b) Raul.
(c) The Shrike.
(d) Isosaki.

12. Who is the leader of the Pax Mecantilus?
(a) Kenzo Isosaki.
(b) Isosaki Kenzi.
(c) Kenzi Isosak.
(d) Kenzo Amore.

13. What does Simmons spend a great deal of time describing in Chapter 16?
(a) Aenea.
(b) Temple Hanging in the Air.
(c) T'ien Shan.
(d) Rachel.

14. How many steps are needed for humans to take to move on to their next stage of evolution?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

15. What is the Cantos?
(a) A map.
(b) A song.
(c) An epic poem.
(d) A hymn of praise.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Raul paddle his boat after he leaves Lock Childe Lamonde.

2. What does Aenea tell Raul about the missing months he calculates?

3. Who is aggressively opposed to humanity according to Aenea?

4. With whom does Raul have a series of dream conversations?

5. Where is DeSoya's new outpost located?

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