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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days does Kolya need to wait?

2. How long does Kolya talk?

3. What has caused the wailing to start?

4. What does Bisesa figure has happened to the magnetic core of Earth?

5. What is the new directive of the Firstborn's war machines?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How do the soldiers look at Bisesa and why does she suspect they have started to look at her more often?

5. What does Kolya witness and how does it affect him?

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

7. What is Bisesa's fear and who echoes it?

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

9. Why does Kolya wish he could keep talking with Casey? Why is this?

10. Why does Alexander want to parlay?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Bisesa's reliance on her Puritabs. What is her intention by continuing to use them and why? What is interesting to note about their bodily reaction to being sent through time? Who fares worse compared to who?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Josh's love for Bisesa. Is it infatuation of youth or the seasoned experience of true love? How can you tell? What things give it away?

Essay Topic 3

If you could time travel in one direction, to what time frame would you travel and why? What would be your purpose of traveling to that era of time?

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