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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What becomes unstable after collision with it?
(a) Their communications.
(b) Their power plant.
(c) Their hull.
(d) Their demeanors.

2. What is Maggie's priority on the space station?
(a) Collecting symbols.
(b) Establishing age.
(c) Establishing power.
(d) Being the first.

3. How many members does Hutch manage to get aboard the shuttle?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

4. What does the anomaly look like?
(a) A ship.
(b) A cloud.
(c) A red giant.
(d) A group of ships.

5. Who is the first to notice an anomaly?
(a) Angela.
(b) Frank.
(c) Hutch.
(d) Terry.

6. How does Hutch respond?
(a) She responds with a query as to why.
(b) She deletes it and announces they will be leaving in eleven minutes.
(c) She aborts the mission.
(d) She asks who the passenger is?

7. What do they use to create the cube like structures on their own Oz?
(a) An acidic compound.
(b) A concrete saw.
(c) Natural fissures.
(d) A particle beam projector.

8. What observation does Maggie make?
(a) That the situation is hopeless.
(b) That they are going further away all the time.
(c) That four people could make it, not five.
(d) That they will all likely die.

9. What occupies Hutch's mind?
(a) How they can safely explore Beta Pacifica III.
(b) How long it will take to reach Earth.
(c) The numbers relating to the three planets.
(d) The deaths of George, Maggie and Jake.

10. Who else requires treatment by the ship's physician?
(a) Hutch and Frank.
(b) George and Hutch.
(c) Janet and Frank.
(d) Hutch and Janet.

11. Who does Hutch meet at Richard's memorial?
(a) His cousin, Dick Wald.
(b) His father, Rick.
(c) His brother, Dick.
(d) His son, Richard.

12. What does Melanie give the crew of the Wincklemann?
(a) Enough food and supplies to last a week.
(b) A technician to help them repair their ship.
(c) The offer of a ride back to Earth.
(d) A shuttle, a pilot and thirty six hours to examine Beta Pacifica III.

13. What has happened to the crew members?
(a) They were afflicted by a disease.
(b) They are still belted in their seats.
(c) They were overcome by an invader.
(d) They escaped in the last shuttle.

14. How long will the flight take?
(a) Seven weeks and three days.
(b) Five weeks and two days.
(c) Four weeks and five days.
(d) Two weeks and five days.

15. What message comes from Nok?
(a) Another discontinuity is due.
(b) A call for help.
(c) David Emory is on his way.
(d) Evacuation is under way.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take to recharge before a second jump can be made?

2. How large is it?

3. What does Hutch finally realize?

4. What does Carson ask Truscott to do when she tells the group that she must leave just days before the Ashley Tee is due to arrive?

5. What is the purpose of the mission led by Harvey Sills?

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