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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 do the Mongols resemble?

2. What does Josh name the entities behind the eyes?

3. Where has the Firstborn came from?

4. What does Alexander want to attempt?

5. What do the sailors not vary their rations with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Bisesa finally tell Ruddy what will happen to him later in life?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss what kinds of advancements Abdikadir and Casey would have to provide to the Macedonians and British in order for them to advance society far enough where it would be conceivable for them to be somewhat modern. Is it likely to be achievable for them?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the Firstborn's view of humanity. Why is it unlikely that they care about the affect of the Discontinuity on the residents of the planet? How does this play up to their view of the sanctity of life?

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