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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Hutch come face to face with the next morning on her own?
(a) A sea serpent.
(b) A monkey.
(c) A Strider.
(d) A Flickinger.

3. What does Ian convey to Melanie?
(a) That the archaeologists may need a push to leave.
(b) That he is interested in her.
(c) That explosives will be rigged without failsafes.
(d) That he is not about to hesitate.

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

5. How many APVs and shuttles does the Kosmik have?
(a) One shuttle and no APV's.
(b) One APV and no shuttles.
(c) Two APV's and one shuttle.
(d) Two shuttles and one APV.

6. Where is the first sign of the beginning of the terraforming?
(a) In the northern sky.
(b) In the eastern sky.
(c) In the southern sky.
(d) In the western sky.

7. What does Hutch ask Eddie for as they are loading the shuttle?
(a) A souvenier of the Seapoint station.
(b) A couple of hours off to watch the beach monkeys.
(c) An amulet they found in the Upper Temple.
(d) A barrel of each of the inert chemicals that create packing foam.

8. What does Harvey Sill ask Jake Kraus to do?
(a) Increase his output.
(b) Decrease his output.
(c) Quit and come back to Kosmik.
(d) Drop his snowball into the ocean on Quraqua.

9. How many researchers are currently working in extrasolar stations according to the Boston Globe?
(a) Twenty eight hundred.
(b) Eighteen thousand.
(c) Eighty thousand.
(d) Eighteen hundred.

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

11. Which wave that hits is the largest?
(a) Third.
(b) First.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Second.

12. What do Striders snack on, according to Janet?
(a) Pilots.
(b) Beach monkeys.
(c) Flickingers.
(d) Archaeologists.

13. What is the name of the shuttle that Hutch pilots and Richard hitches a ride on?
(a) The 'Quraqua Speedster'.
(b) The 'Johann Winckelmann'.
(c) The 'Winking Jonathan'.
(d) The 'Jonathan Winklerman'.

14. When Hutch regains control, what does she discover?
(a) That she is way off course.
(b) The chases fell out.
(c) Richard is gone.
(d) The shuttle is damaged.

15. What do Janet and Hutch do?
(a) Create a foam snowball and launch it at Melanie.
(b) Uncrate the tablets for deciphering.
(c) Unpack the shuttle.
(d) Feed the remaining evacuees.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take to get to Quraqua?

2. What do they still require to decipher the language?

3. Who is still on Quraqua trying to recover the printing press?

4. What is the name of the city Richard and Hutch explore from the Alpha shuttle first?

5. What does this find reveal?

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