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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. What has changed in Grasper and Seekers' lives?

2. What disappoints Alexander?

3. What do the results of the altimeter say?

4. Who does Bisesa want to watch the eye?

5. What do the Mongols resemble?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Alexander want to parlay?

5. What does Ruddy seem intent upon doing?

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

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

8. What does Kolya explain and what is the Mongol's reaction?

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

10. How does Bisesa believe that causality has broken down?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The consciousness of the man apes forever expands following the examination of their bodies. Explain what could lead to this leap in cranial activity. Could the same thing be possible of primates of our time? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the different view points of the characters. How do they influence the development of the story? Speculate on how the story would have progressed without the secondary characters.

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