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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. How old does Casey say the oldest scrap of time land is?
(a) No more than a hundred thousand years old.
(b) No more than five million years old.
(c) No more than two million years old.
(d) No more than one million years old.

2. How many G's of gravity do the cosmonauts succumb to?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

3. What does the Macedonians call the Discontinuity?
(a) The day the stars change places.
(b) The day the sun lurches across the sky.
(c) The day the world is never the same.
(d) The day the world change entirely.

4. What gratifies Bisesa when she replies to the order to strip?
(a) The look of genuine shock on McKnight's face.
(b) None of these.
(c) The look of contempt on McKnight's face.
(d) The look of pity on McKnight's face.

5. What do the Mongols do with the meat that they do not like?
(a) Leave it out for the scavengers.
(b) Spit it back into the pot.
(c) Throw it out the door.
(d) Spit it at the astronauts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bisesa admire about De Morgan?

2. What does Ruddy not complain about?

3. What does the rain taste like?

4. What date does Josh think it is?

5. What city does Alexander burn?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the land different to Seeker?

2. How does Sable make herself understood? What does this show about her character?

3. What does Musa suggest to rename Earth and why?

4. Why does being out of contact spook Bisesa?

5. What is a 'babu' and why does it make Bisesa glare?

6. What unnerves Moallim?

7. How does Kolya react to the Mongol's reaction to Musa?

8. Who do Sable and Kolya eventually meet and what is Sable's reaction to this person?

9. What is the objective of the Oikumens and how are they going about accomplishing that objective?

10. Why does Seeker put Grasper beneath her and let Grasper take shelter?

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