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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. Once back where he wants to be, Sandoz begins to shape up the ____________ by recruiting children and taking a special interest in one.
(a) Telescope.
(b) Mission.
(c) Hospital.
(d) House.

2. Who asks Father Sandoz for assistance in learning how to cope with celibacy during their time on the ship?
(a) Marc.
(b) George.
(c) D.W.
(d) Jimmy.

3. When the new crew came to the planet, they found that ___________ was living in a house of prostitution.
(a) D.W.
(b) Sofia.
(c) Sandoz.
(d) Jimmy.

4. What is the profession of one of the critics who thinks that Sandoz is guilty of wrongdoing while he was on the foreign planet?
(a) Banker.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Miner.

5. What happens to allow the people of the Society of Jesus to stop questioning the investment?
(a) A map to the planet.
(b) A new book from the other planet.
(c) A second transmission.
(d) A picture of an alien.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sandoz, at first, refuses to talk about what happened to him on the planet, saying that he will withdraw from the Society of ____________.

2. Jimmy Quinn, a worker at the Arecibo dish, is about to be replaced by ____________________.

3. As Sandoz walks past Candotti and Edward, he mutters the words, "Not ___________, Lazarus."

4. The _________ Consortium was one of the financial backers of the mission who fed the drama in exchange for attention and money.

5. The ____________ ambassador arrives after the discovery of the music has been related to several people.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sandoz feel about the new prosthetic technology that he is given as a result of his injuries?

2. What does Candotti say when Sandoz asks him whether he experiences God in his own life?

3. How is the planet that Jimmy finds described in the book when it is finally in view?

4. What do Marc and Sofia decide to do once they regain consciousness after their accident in the Ultra Light?

5. What does Giuliani remind Voelker is the purpose of the inquisition into Sandoz?

6. Why does D.W.'s heart drop when he hears the sound of the lander coming back into the village?

7. What will be revealed about the mission even if Sandoz will not share his own personal experiences with others?

8. How do Sandoz and Anne begin to set up the mission in Puerto Rico once he returns there?

9. Why does Jimmy turn to Sandoz in order to get advice on how to remain celibate during their time in the ship?

10. What did Anne learn from Supaari about the effect of the human presence in the Runa village?

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