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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 does Melanie's diary note about even the transmitter of the telescope that had been damaged?

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

3. Who is the first to notice an anomaly?

4. How do they find the shuttle?

5. What does David Emory send in a note addressed to Richard?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hutch finally do to find the shuttle after wandering around lost for some time?

2. How do the members of Wincklemann's crew amuse themselves on the long ride to Beta Pacifica?

3. What kind of structures do the landing party on Beta Pacifica III find that make no sense?

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

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

6. What news does the physician aboard the Catherine Perth give Carson and Janet?

7. What do the boarding crew notice on approach to the orbiting space station?

8. Who was attacked by the crab like creatures on Beta Pacifica III?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What decision is made that leaves the ground crew in a precarious position? What makes the ground crew wonder if they are going to lose their lives? Who closes in on their position and reinforces their thoughts that they are in harm's way? How is that reinforced and why? What do they tell their new arrival to do in order to ensure their safety?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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