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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. What is Abdi doing?
(a) Measuring the eye's volume.
(b) Talking to Captain Grove.
(c) Talking to Ruddy.
(d) Trying to establish communication with anyone.

2. Who is it that Sable and Kolya meet at the end of chapter twenty?
(a) Ghengis Khan.
(b) Eumenes.
(c) Hephaistion.
(d) Alexander the Great.

3. What space shuttle does Kolya remember?
(a) Discovery.
(b) Endeavor.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Challenger.

4. What does Bisesa give to Alexander's doctor?
(a) Malaria tablets.
(b) Leprosy tablets.
(c) None of these.
(d) Influenza tablets.

5. What does Kolya look for to provide him with reassurance?
(a) The orange glow of cities.
(b) Familiar landmarks and cities.
(c) The communication between him and the rest of the world.
(d) None of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the only signal found come from?

2. What is not unique about Bisesa's phone?

3. Who is Abdi related to?

4. What could the cosmonauts smell?

5. What are the Mongol tents called?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Mongol way of conquest?

2. Why does the crew of the Soyuz have to land near people?

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

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

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

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

7. Why is the ride in the Bird uncomfortable?

8. Why does the notion of heading to Babylon appeal to both the Macedonians and the British?

9. What spooks the soldiers about the city?

10. How does Abdikadir explain Bisesa's knowledge of Lahore?

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