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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. How old is Dr.Heywood Floyd?
(a) 56 years old.
(b) 70 years old.
(c) 65 years old.
(d) 103 years old.

2. Who kept his stateroom tidy?
(a) A robotic maid.
(b) A steward.
(c) A tiny slave.
(d) A virtual girl.

3. What did Second Officer Chang explain to Steward Third Class Rosie McCullen?
(a) What time to make the coffee.
(b) How the penetrometer.
(c) How to clean the stateroom.
(d) How the ship runs.

4. When Dr. Chant explores the center of the comet, what was a layer of mineral he saw?
(a) Lava rock formations.
(b) Quartz crystal.
(c) Iron pyrite.
(d) Nickel.

5. What is the name of the mountain on Europa?
(a) Mount Magazine.
(b) Mount Pleasant.
(c) Mount Chang.
(d) Mount Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the decade of 2020-2030, while Dr Floyd was recuperating at the Space Hospital, what notable event happened on Earth?

2. What color was Haley Comet's surface?

3. Who was the only person who knew if the Galaxy has enough propellant to make stable orbit?

4. Rolf van der Berg volunteered for what position on the chartered mission with Captain Eric Laplace?

5. How did Rosie McMullen hijack the ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. Second Officer Chris Floyd seeks out whom in this chapter to discuss the events?

2. What preparations does Dr. Floyd make before joining the journey to Haley's Comet?

3. Where did the Galaxy finally land?

4. When Captain Laplace realizes they are turning in space, what does he do?

5. Why was William Tsung called the most expensive baby in the world when he was born?

6. Where do the team of scientists on the Galaxy launch the second penetrometer?

7. What are the layers that Dr. Chant observes as he is spelunking through Haley's comet?

8. How does Van der Berg contact Dr.Paul Kreuger and why?

9. What are some of the things that Dr. Floyd marvels about on the Universe?

10. Describe what Captain Smith observed upon Haley's surface.

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