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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. Where is Hutch?

2. Why is the Wincklemann unable to help?

3. What does George discover in the Lower Temple?

4. Who does Melanie call for assistance?

5. What is the best scenario the ground crew can reasonably hope for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Maggie doing on board the Wincklemann?

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

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

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

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

6. What was particularly odd about the structures created in Oz?

7. What does Maggie appear to be oblivious to?

8. What formality does Henry's team observe when they finally break through to the Temple of the Winds, and what do they find inside?

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

10. What is the purpose behind Harvey Sill wanting to drop one of the snowballs into the Southern Sea known as the Yakata while the scientists are still working in the Lower Temple?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is blamed for the disaster on Quraqua? What effect does this have on the person involved, and how does it affect the colleagues who were a part of that mission? What difference does it make to the others in the future? How does this person respond to the idea of a future mission? Who is the first to approach with plans and ideas for another mission and how is the entire idea received?

Essay Topic 2

What is the eventual outcome of the crew of the Wincklemann? How many members remain, and what positions do they hold afterward? What is attempted by Meg Campbell aboard the Pasquarella? What is the outcome? What conclusions are reached about the Monument Makers? What suggestion made by Hutch is found to be correct and why? What discovery supports her conclusions?

Essay Topic 3

What is the only thing that can interfere with the planned mission to find the home planet of the Monument Makers once Hutch and the rest of the crew are on board? What does Hutch do to avoid that likelihood? What happens afterward that justifies her fears of cancellation? How does Hutch respond to the instructions from the Academy and why? What were those instructions and what reason was given for them?

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