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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. As Malachi and Beatrice are landing on Titan, why is Rumfoord ill?

2. What do Malachi and Beatrice do in the space ship before finally closing the outer door?

3. Why did Salo originally land on Titan?

4. Why was Salo traveling through the universe?

5. What is the name of the religion that Rumfoord founds?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the space ship finally lands, why does Boaz rush to open the spacecraft's outer door?

2. Contrast Boaz's living arrangements with Unk's living arrangements while the two men are stranded on Mercury.

3. What purpose does Constant's journey from Earth to Mars to Mercury and back to Earth serve for Rumfoord?

4. As Malachi climbs the ladder to the space ship and prepares for his upcoming exile on Titan, why is he weeping?

5. When the crowd of people on Earth gather around the newly landed space ship and ask Unk what his name is and what happened to him, how does Unk respond?

6. In terms of his interactions with Winston, what makes Salo unique?

7. Why does Bee agree to be exiled with Malachi?

8. As Unk's ship lands on Earth, what is the one desire that is driving Unk on?

9. Why did the power plant on Salo's ship develop problems so that Salo had to land on Titan so many years earlier?

10. Why do the people crowded around Unk and his space ship cheer at Unk's answer to their question regarding what happened to him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Malachi constant only met his father one time before Noel died. Now, on Mars, Unk meets his son for the first time. Compare and contrast these two meetings. How does each meeting affect Malachi's life - both positively and negatively?

Essay Topic 2

When stranded on Titan, Malachi originally begins to attempt to fix Salo because he wants Chrono to be able to spend his remaining days on Earth. In the end, while Malachi chooses to return to Earth, there are several characters who are quite content to abandon their home planet.

a. Compare and contrast Beatrice, who chooses to leave Earth, and Boaz, who chooses to remain on Mercury.

b. Compare and contrast Boaz and Chrono, who both decline to return to Earth when they have the chance to go back.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Malachi's lifestyle and personality characteristics at the following points in the story:

a. At the beginning of the story when Malachi is first invited to meet Winston.

b. After Malachi learns he is broke.

c. When Malachi is known as Unk.

d. When Malachi is exiled to Titan.

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