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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 stuns the Mongols?
(a) All their families are gone.
(b) Their entire empire is nil.
(c) They have lost everyone behind them but the army they brought with them.
(d) Sudden emptiness of China.

2. What is the last thing that Kolya thinks about?
(a) How he is going to make Khan pay.
(b) His kids.
(c) His wife.
(d) The town of Bishkek.

3. What odor does blood have?
(a) Salty.
(b) Coppery.
(c) Tarnished silver.
(d) Ammonic.

4. Who has died and left Alexander behind?
(a) Eumenes.
(b) All of these.
(c) Hephaistion.
(d) Ptolmy.

5. Who could understand the Babylonian?
(a) Alexander.
(b) A Persian.
(c) Casey.
(d) Abdikadir.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Josh ask of Bisesa?

2. Who is the notable exception regarding their eyes?

3. What is Bisesa's project?

4. How are Kolya's arms tied?

5. What is considered to be Alexander's 'boating lake?'

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the lack of people in the city of Babylon unnerve everyone who enters the city?

2. What is the punishment for Kolya's leak of information and how is this not supposed to be a fate worse than death?

3. What is the speculation about the origin of the refugees?

4. What does the Firstborn intend to do and why? What is the objective of the Discontinuity?

5. What kinds of things does the Eye compel Seeker and Grasper to do?

6. Why does Josh attempt to comfort Bisesa? What is he willing to do?

7. Why does Ruddy volunteer to help Bisesa at the makeshift hospital? How does Ruddy actually like the job?

8. Describe the shrine that Alexander leads the pilgrimage to. How does he feel upon arrival?

9. What is Josh's idea regarding the animal kingdom of Mir?

10. How does Kolya manage to stay alive and what is he going to do?

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