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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is DeSoya's new outpost located?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Mars.
(c) Venus.
(d) Mercury.

2. Who murders Paul Dure for the fifth time?
(a) Lourdsam.
(b) Lord Samy.
(c) Lourdsim.
(d) Lourdusamy.

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

4. Where does Raul paddle his boat after he leaves Lock Childe Lamonde.
(a) Towards the farcaster.
(b) Towards the fargazer.
(c) Away from the farcaster.
(d) Away from the fargazer.

5. How many years before was the person Raul meets at the Temple Hanging in the Air born?
(a) 400 years.
(b) 300 years.
(c) 200 years.
(d) 100 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is given the name Urban XVI?

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

3. Who orders the actions for the bodies to be moved into Stasis?

4. Who tells Raul that they can infect humanity with a vision of its future?

5. Who is in charge of the Shrike's ambush operation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Raul and Aenea's dream conversations in Chapter 8.

2. What happens to Raul in Lock Childe Lamonde?

3. Describe how Simmons gives unusual attention to the environment of the mountains at the Temple Hanging in the Air.

4. What is the Shrike?

5. What is Task Force GIDEON?

6. Describe the Taliesin West in Chapter 2.

7. Describe Captain DeSoya.

8. What does the Shrike do to every one of its victims' bodies?

9. What happens as Raul enters the farcaster?

10. What sends Raul into free fall again in Chapter 12?

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