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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Because the Runa live mostly by trade, they need to know many _____________ in order to communicate.
(a) Money systems.
(b) Customs.
(c) Colors.
(d) Languages.

2. Whose illness is very serious and the crew tries to find ways to heal this person?
(a) Sofia.
(b) Sandoz.
(c) D.W.
(d) Quinn.

3. Who does D.W. want to co-pilot the trip back to the Stella Maris for fuel, according to his conversation with Anne?
(a) Anne.
(b) George.
(c) Sandoz.
(d) Sofia.

4. ____________ is simply not an eventful or a sentimental process for those in the Runa culture.
(a) Marriage.
(b) Menstruation.
(c) Pregnancy.
(d) Death.

5. What is the name of the child who Sandoz meets as they are making introductions to each other?
(a) Jana'ata.
(b) Ashram.
(c) Asha.
(d) Askama.

6. Where does the crew decide to land on the planet in order to become accustomed to the land and to the inhabitants?
(a) In a storage facility.
(b) The middle of a village.
(c) Near the water.
(d) A deserted area.

7. What causes the village to be difficult to find at first on the mission of the crew?
(a) Silence.
(b) The nighttime.
(c) Camouflage.
(d) Nothing.

8. When Sandoz leaves Edward, he asks about God's refusal of __________ good faith sacrifice in the Bible.
(a) Luke's.
(b) John's.
(c) Cain's.
(d) Abraham's.

9. The father of a child in the Runa village may not be a _________ father, according to the findings of Anne.
(a) Half.
(b) Step.
(c) Birth.
(d) Forever.

10. Sandoz tells Anne to go ahead and _________ God for things she feels are necessary, if that will help her to believe.
(a) Pray to.
(b) Blame.
(c) Laugh at.
(d) Curse.

11. During a visit with Supaari, the Runa begin to understand the humans' need for _________, so they get their own apartments.
(a) Furniture.
(b) Clean floors.
(c) Privacy.
(d) Space.

12. Sandoz finds out from __________ that all of the works that the crew of the Stella Maris send home were not published.
(a) Giuliani.
(b) Sofia.
(c) Voelker.
(d) Candotti.

13. Who decides to kneel when the natives come forward in order to be at the same height as the one that approached?
(a) Sofia.
(b) Quinn.
(c) Sandoz.
(d) D.W.

14. The Kashan villagers keep close to the __________ after all they have experienced in the last few days.
(a) Animals.
(b) Children.
(c) Mothers.
(d) Humans.

15. What is in the food that the humans grow which causes the Runa to reproduce at much higher rates than they may want?
(a) Hormones.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Water.
(d) Artificial ingredients.

Short Answer Questions

1. Demanding that God reveal his __________ could help lead humans to come closer to God.

2. Which of the crew members faints at the news that the planet is one which can sustain life?

3. Who takes the news of being stuck on Rakhat the hardest and tries to engineer a way for them to leave?

4. What do D.W. and Marc find when they head out for a scouting mission and then come back with this news?

5. Who decides to finally get married when they are on the planet together, much to the delight of the villagers?

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