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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 color is the vegetation on Nidus?

2. How much of the refugees ticket price is refunded?

3. How many Entropists are in existence?

4. How many Marines are in the Alpha Squad that Akawe sends to travel with the Wallfish?

5. How many Jelly ships appear as the team heads to planet e?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the UMC personnel do when they arrive on the Valkyrie?

2. How did the Wallfish get the ship mind, Gregorovich?

3. What happens when Kira tries to break up a fight between the Numenists and Entropists?

4. Who goes down to the planet to look for the Staff of Blue?

5. What demands does Kira have for Major Tschetter in "Shouts & Echoes"?

6. How and where did Kira and Alan meet and court?

7. What creature emerges from a obelisk in the temple?

8. In "Shouts & Echoes," what is Kira's examination like with Dr. Carr after she makes some demands?

9. What does Kira learn from reading message logs on the Jelly ship?

10. Where are weapons kept on the Wallfish, and what types of weapons do they have?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kira prepares to board the Battered Hierophant alone to kill Ctein. Why does Kira prepare to go alone to kill Ctein? Why do Falconi and the crew refuse to allow her to go alone? Why do they believe a team needs to confront Ctein? Was teamwork required to defeat Ctein?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

Kira realizes that she is the mother of the Corrupted. Why does Kira feel guilty when she learns that she is the mother of the Corrupted? Is her guilt healthy or false?

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