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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has Melanie been in orbit around Quraqua?
(a) Three months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Eighteen months.
(d) Three years.

2. What kind of construction does the city have?
(a) Rectangular construction.
(b) Triangular construction.
(c) Base ten construction.
(d) Circular construction.

3. Who calls Kosmik to tell them them 'might' have a problem?
(a) Hutchins.
(b) Andi.
(c) Linda.
(d) Art.

4. What is the name of the city Richard and Hutch explore from the Alpha shuttle first?
(a) Rosetta.
(b) Azure.
(c) Moonrise.
(d) Oz.

5. Who does Hutch enlist to help her pay Melanie back for her stunt with the snowball?
(a) Janet.
(b) George.
(c) Phil.
(d) Karl.

6. How long does it take to get to Quraqua?
(a) Fifteen days.
(b) Twenty weeks.
(c) Twenty five days.
(d) Ten weeks.

7. What does Harvey convey to Melanie?
(a) That he thinks they should go ahead anyway.
(b) That they should wait another day.
(c) That Ian Helm is not responding.
(d) That he doesn't care what she wants.

8. What conditions does Ed Horner put on giving Richard a ride?
(a) That he take a physical, and provide funding.
(b) That he teach a class, and take Ed along.
(c) That he deliver a lecture and take him to dinner.
(d) That he get off Quraqua on time and that he talk to Caseway.

9. What are the archaeologists trying to uncover?
(a) The history of the planet.
(b) The meaning behind the monuments they have found.
(c) The meaning behind Quraqua.
(d) The history of the temples.

10. What was discovered in the same orbit as Shola's rings?
(a) Five round snowballs.
(b) Six empty shuttles.
(c) One more monument.
(d) Four rock cubes.

11. What is Kosmik Station?
(a) The orbiter around Quraqua from which Melanie rules.
(b) The orbiter around Bellatrix V.
(c) The float pier.
(d) The orbiter around Pinnacle.

12. What did the Scrivners predict?
(a) A discontinuity.
(b) A war.
(c) A polar shift.
(d) An earthquake.

13. What does Janet call Richard to relay?
(a) Time left on Quraqua.
(b) Melanie's movements.
(c) Details from the Field Report Academy monthly.
(d) Progress in their packing.

14. Who goes up in Hutch's next load?
(a) Karl, George, Phil and Henry.
(b) Janet, Maggie, Karl and Phil.
(c) Henry, George, Maggie and Janet.
(d) Phil, George, Maggie and Janet.

15. Who does Melanie call for assistance?
(a) Quraqua.
(b) Carson.
(c) The Wincklemann.
(d) The Alpha shuttle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hutch ask Melanie for?

2. What message waits for Hutch when they return to the ship from Oz?

3. What does Ian convey to Melanie?

4. Where is the first sign of the beginning of the terraforming?

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

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