| Characterize Michael Burr. Why is he on Tuulen Station? What is his job? Characterize his relationship with the dinos? Describe his relationship with Kamala. |
| Characterize the Hanen. Why are they referred to as dinos? |
| Where does Kamala go and why? How does she get there? How does she return? |
| Of what significance are the secret stories that Kamala and Michael tell each other? |
| Explain the impossibility that has occurred during Kamala's transfer. How does Kamala react? |
| When Kamala's migration goes awry, what does Silloin want to do and why? What does Michael want to do and why? |
| What must happen now, according to the dinos? What does Michael do? Why does he laugh? |
| What are the ethics of Michael's actions? |
| What does it mean to "balance the equation"? |
| Why does Linna think that humans are not "psychologically ready to go to the stars"? |
| Michael is still on Tuulen Station when Kamala returns three years later. What does Michael mean when he says that "'It's a job that grows on you'"? |
| What are the meanings of the phrase " to think like a dinosaur"? |
