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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richard try to convince Caseway to do on Ed's behalf before leaving for Quraqua?
(a) Allow Ed to come back to Earth early.
(b) Provide additional funding.
(c) Change the timetable for terraforming.
(d) Send Ed another team to help finish.

2. What are the archaeologists trying to uncover?
(a) The meaning behind the monuments they have found.
(b) The history of the temples.
(c) The history of the planet.
(d) The meaning behind Quraqua.

3. What damage does the third wave do?
(a) Destroys two of the three Knothic Towers.
(b) Takes one of Seapoint's domes two miles inland.
(c) Buries the Lower Temple.
(d) Blows off the roof.

4. What does Hutch ask Eddie for as they are loading the shuttle?
(a) A couple of hours off to watch the beach monkeys.
(b) An amulet they found in the Upper Temple.
(c) A barrel of each of the inert chemicals that create packing foam.
(d) A souvenier of the Seapoint station.

5. What problem prevents them from recovering the press?
(a) The tunnel has completely collapsed.
(b) The press is destroyed.
(c) The press is pushed behind large debris.
(d) The tunnel is not clear enough to get at it.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Hutch and Richard arrive at Quraqua?

2. What is the name of Quraqua's red sun?

3. How long does it take to get to Quraqua?

4. What does Richard notice about it?

5. How many 'tugboats' are pulling snowballs into orbit around Quraqua?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Janet run into as she is leaving her quarters with her baggage and what does she remember of the incident?

2. How is the team from Kosmik spending the countdown to terraforming time that remains?

3. What is the basic topography of Quraqua?

4. When Richard asks Caseway to delay the schedule for terraforming Quraqua, what does Caseway admit that horrifies Richard?

5. When Henry finds out about the coming tidal wave, what are his first priorities?

6. What does Maggie appear to be oblivious to?

7. What is the basic point of the myth told in the friezes?

8. Why does Hutch bother to call the Kosmik and warn them that they might have a problem?

9. How long has the mission on Quraqua been in progress and what are Henry and his team hoping to accomplish?

10. What issues make it harder than anticipated to recover the printing press from the Lower Temple.

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