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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 is Maggie's priority on the space station?

2. Who acts as guide for Harvey's mission?

3. Who is on board the Ashley Tee when it leaves to investigate?

4. How many crew members does the Ashley Tee have?

5. What timing does Carson believe ir right for the wave and Earth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Hutch and Frank discover as they dig into the discontinuities further?

2. What callous comment does Maggie make that reminds Hutch of all the reasons that her guard is up around Maggie?

3. What authorization comes with the Ashley Tee, and who else notifies them that they are on the way?

4. When are they rescued, by whom and what do they learn about the object that caused their crash?

5. How does Harvey and his recovery team manage to locate Maggie to bring her back?

6. What surprises the Wincklemann when they drop out of their transdimentional jump?

7. What do the various team members from Quraqua do back on Earth?

8. Who leaves to pursue the premise that Hutch has outlined, and where to they go?

9. What is the outcome of their collision?

10. What do the crew of the Catherine Perch note about the planet Beta Pacifica III as they approach it on April 11th?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What information led to the discovery of the likely home planet of the Monument Makers? How was the information sorted out, and how were alternate planetary systems eliminated from possibility? What system was used to search? Who did the searching? What was found that pointed the way to the most likely home planet for this race?

Essay Topic 2

Who were the Monument Makers? What evidence of their existence is found by those exploring space afterward? What mystery surrounds their existence? What did they look like, and how do those who follow much later come to this conclusion? What similarities were discovered in monuments on Quraquat and on Iapetus? What conclusions were drawn as a result of this discovery?

Essay Topic 3

What does Hutch realize after studying all of the figures and locations that are related to the discontinuities? Who does she share this information with first? What does she think they can accomplish? Why is she so sure that her plan will work, and how much time do they have to accomplish their task? What questions will this answer if it works?

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