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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through June: Four; Hammerfall Morning; Hammerfall: One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharps say are the odds of the comet hitting earth?
(a) Ten to one.
(b) Fifty to one.
(c) Five to one.
(d) A zillion to one.

2. Who is the "Brown" in the name of the comet?
(a) It is the name of the lab where Tim works.
(b) It is Tim's boss's name.
(c) It is the name of a young man who discovers the comet about the same time as Tim Hamner.
(d) It is Tim's wife's name.

3. What is Rick Delanty's claim to fame?
(a) He figures out how to divert the comet.
(b) He discovers a shift in the polar region that changes the earth's rotation.
(c) He discovers the shift in the comet's trajectory.
(d) He will be first black man in space.

4. What does the Hammerlab realize the morning the comet is to arrive?
(a) That the comet is smaller than thought.
(b) The comet is missing earth by a couple light years.
(c) That the comet is twice the size they originally believed.
(d) The comet's trajectory is nearer the Earth than anyone had thus far predicted.

5. Why does Sharps decide to call Senator Jellison?
(a) To ask for more funding for the lab.
(b) To suggest a manned space station to study the comet.
(c) To suggest funding for a new observatory in the Arctic.
(d) To ask about a bill before the Senate right now.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Harvey say his son Andy can go?

2. Who is among the officers who cuts the chains to arrest the white-robed fanatics.

3. What project is Harvey beginning?

4. What does Leonilla say must happen?

5. What does Harry Newcombe have once a week?

(see the answer key)

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