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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. What are Nemes and her assassin siblings working to defeat?
(a) God's Grove.
(b) The Shrike.
(c) The Church.
(d) The Core.

2. What planet does the Shrike invade?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Earth.
(c) Mars.
(d) Venus.

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

4. How many Core cyborg assassins does the Raphael bring to God's Grove?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

5. Who assigns DeSoya to a different outpost?
(a) Raul.
(b) The Core.
(c) Aenea.
(d) The Pope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is DeSoya given command of in Chapter 3?

2. Where does assassin Rhadamanth Nemes live?

3. What is Hsuan-k'ung Ssu?

4. For how many years is the person whom Mustafa and Farrell torture incarcerated?

5. Whom does Raul meet at the Temple Hanging in the Air?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Raul calculates in Chapter 16.

2. What happens to Raul in Lock Childe Lamonde?

3. Who is Rachel Weintraub?

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

5. What happens to Isosaki when he discusses the meeting of the Core with Cognani?

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

7. Who is Raul?

8. According to Raul, what does Father Clifton's doctrine prompt?

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

10. What is ironic about Raul's affliction?

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