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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The humans send Sofia and Marc to the _________ for supplies after the Runa villagers leave for a harvest of pik root.

2. What has been used up as a result of Marc and Sofia taking the lander back to the village to be safe?

3. Whose drawings seem to fascinate Supaari tremendously when they are shown to this native?

4. Hlavin is beyond words when he receives a beautiful ______________ with aromatic kernels from Supaari.

5. What is the name of the child who Sandoz meets as they are making introductions to each other?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sandoz begins to discover that he has real feelings in relation to God, as opposed to simply having a logical connection to his creator.

Part 1: Why do you think the Sandoz begins to feel more closely connected to God as a result of this trip?

Part 2: Do you think it's okay for priests to simply have a logical, rather than emotional, connection to God? Why or why not?

Part 3: Why do you think the deeper connection to God scares Sandoz? Should it?

Essay Topic 2

Once the discovery has been made, it seems that the entire world wants to compete in order to learn the most in the least amount of time.

Part 1: Why do you think the kids stole a copy of Jimmy's code needed to reproduce the music?

Part 2: Why do you think the entire world suddenly wanted to know more about the singing?

Part 3: Do you think the rest of the world cared about the discovery or did they just want to compete with other countries in order to 'win'? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The Runa do not know of sickness, only of sickness of the heart, so they can not help D.W.

Part 1: Do you think the D.W. was suffering from sickness of the heart? Why or why not?

Part 2: Is it possible that all illness comes from a sickness of the heart? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think the Runa could have helped D.W. recover? Or couldn't they?

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