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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Beta Pac: Chapters 23 and 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hutch ask Melanie for?
(a) Two hours extra.
(b) One hour extra.
(c) One day extra.
(d) Three hours extra.

2. What part of the terraforming schedule is likely to cause the largest problem on Quraqua?
(a) The draining of the local lakes.
(b) The arrival of early stage citizenry.
(c) The scheduled melting of the ice caps.
(d) The release of nuclear material to create atmosphere.

3. Who were the Scrivners?
(a) Merchant sailors.
(b) Those who kept records of everything.
(c) Trade merchants.
(d) Spice merchants.

4. Where is Richard when Hutch is forced to take off?
(a) Stuck in the Lower Temple.
(b) Hanging on the cable.
(c) In his quarters below.
(d) Unconscious in the dive room.

5. What does Hutch finally realize?
(a) That food will run out anyway.
(b) That she made a mistake in coming.
(c) That a pulsar can be used to thaw the snow and frozen atmosphere.
(d) That she is afraid.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many 'tugboats' are pulling snowballs into orbit around Quraqua?

2. What else is being done to create additional water for the planet?

3. What does Jake find just before the brachyids attack him?

4. What planet are they trying to terraform?

5. What can Richard feel on the bottom?

(see the answer key)

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