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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 Richard try to convince Caseway to do on Ed's behalf before leaving for Quraqua?
(a) Allow Ed to come back to Earth early.
(b) Change the timetable for terraforming.
(c) Provide additional funding.
(d) Send Ed another team to help finish.

2. What connection do Frank and Hutch discuss regarding discontinuities?
(a) Their ability to predict them via moon cycles.
(b) Their connection to the stars.
(c) Their connection to earth.
(d) Their question as to who starts them and when.

3. What is surprising about the figure Harry discovers in the friezes on the Temple?
(a) It is depicting a monument maker.
(b) There is one the same on Iapetus.
(c) They exist on every planet they find.
(d) There are others on Earth.

4. How many civilizations have lived on Quraqua?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

5. What similarity does Hutch grasp about the discontinuities?
(a) They all happen to viable civilizations.
(b) They seem to be irregular and unpredictable.
(c) They seem to happen in multiples of eight.
(d) They all make room for new life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What conditions does Ed Horner put on giving Richard a ride?

2. What language are the symbols found written in?

3. When does Hutch return to Earth?

4. Who does Melanie call for assistance?

5. What does Harvey Sill ask Jake Kraus to do?

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