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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the computer tell them about the black dish they passed through?
(a) It has always been pointed in the same direction.
(b) In 10,000 B.C. it would have been pointed at the Lesser Magellanic Cloud.
(c) It has likely been there for many years.
(d) It has an on board system of some kind.

2. What revelation do these calculations lead Frank to?
(a) Another alignment is due soon.
(b) The discontinuities are done.
(c) Another alignment is not due for several hundred years.
(d) The discontinuities are all eight thousand years apart.

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

4. What does Jake find just before the brachyids attack him?
(a) A dwelling.
(b) A graveyard.
(c) An altar resembling a marble table.
(d) A stone wall.

5. What is Hutch determined to do to save the others?
(a) Hunt the ship for answers.
(b) Find another source of help.
(c) Send an SOS.
(d) Use a pulsar on herself.

6. What does Hutch realize about each event of discontinuity?
(a) The are linked to stars.
(b) They are separated by a thousand years.
(c) They are foretold in legend.
(d) They are entirely random.

7. What does Hutch's mother write to remind her?
(a) That she could have had Cal had she tried.
(b) That Cal's wedding approaches and she isn't getting younger.
(c) That it's time to give her grandchildren.
(d) That she is wasting her life.

8. How many days are spent exploring the Oz before leaving?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

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

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

11. What does the Academy mandate Henry, Hutch, George and Maggie to do?
(a) Trace the location of the Wincklemann.
(b) Trace the source of the discontinuities.
(c) Trace the source of an energy field discovered.
(d) Take Wincklemann and find the source of the radio signals from Beta Pacifica.

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

13. What changes does Hutch see in Frank since the Temple on Quraqua?
(a) He has aged, is more reflective and less optimistic.
(b) He is more willing to take changes, more daring.
(c) He is fearful, hesitant and indecisive.
(d) He is ready, willing and demonstrative.

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

15. What is Henry most interested in?
(a) Writing his memoirs.
(b) Documenting his travels.
(c) Retiring in peace.
(d) Making new friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to the crew members?

2. What message comes from Nok?

3. When they leave transdimentional jump speed, what do they discover?

4. Who is the first to cross after Hutch secures a cable to the abandoned space station?

5. How many members does Hutch manage to get aboard the shuttle?

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