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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has always been so peaceful, so the crew members don't think that the new stranger might be dangerous?
(a) Children.
(b) Suna.
(c) Runa.
(d) Jana'ata.

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

3. Hlavin is beyond words when he receives a beautiful ______________ with aromatic kernels from Supaari.
(a) Crystal flask.
(b) Sachet.
(c) Burlap sack.
(d) Wooden chest.

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

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

6. What is the analogy that Anne uses in order to talk to Sandoz about his new feelings about God?
(a) Birth.
(b) Love.
(c) Children.
(d) Communion.

7. What are the color of the markings around the eyes of the natives, according to the crew's description?
(a) Silver.
(b) Gold.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

8. Anne and Sandoz talk about what it's like for him to have so many __________ in his head at the same time.
(a) Loves.
(b) Lies.
(c) Promises.
(d) Languages.

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

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

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

12. Reyes reveals that Sandoz was central to the ______________ out of Mexico and into Haiti, that his family died for this reason.
(a) Missions.
(b) Immigrants.
(c) Church.
(d) Drug trade.

13. What is the only means of the crew to get off the planet, according to their recent revelation?
(a) Sandoz.
(b) A new asteroid they found.
(c) The Stella Maris.
(d) The natives.

14. The humans send Sofia and Marc to the _________ for supplies after the Runa villagers leave for a harvest of pik root.
(a) Water.
(b) Lander.
(c) Shaman.
(d) Cave.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first one who will step out of the ship in order to touch the foreign soil?

2. All of the new babies being born keep the group's mind off their loss, but Sandoz describes this as the fatal __________.

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

4. What causes the people to begin to feel less depressed than they have in awhile?

5. D.W. says that he wants to make sure that Marc is appointed to be the ___________ once D.W. is dead.

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