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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Angela suggest?
(a) That they finish quickly.
(b) That they leave immediately.
(c) That they film their approach.
(d) That the Ashley Tee has a closer look.

2. What is unusual about this trip for Jake?
(a) It is his first solo pilot flight.
(b) He is trusted by his colleagues.
(c) He has a chance to explore alone.
(d) It is his first time on an unknown world.

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

4. Who is the first to cross after Hutch secures a cable to the abandoned space station?
(a) George.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Melanie.
(d) Harvey.

5. When a space station is found, what do they see?
(a) Open hatches, and two sets of characters on the hull.
(b) The orbit is decaying and it is smaller than Kosmik.
(c) The orbit is decaying and the shuttle is damaged.
(d) Lights are on and the orbit is steady.

6. How long will it be before the Ashley Tee arrives?
(a) Twelve days.
(b) Fourteen days.
(c) Thirteen days.
(d) Eleven days.

7. How many people gather for the memorial held for Jake, George and Maggie?
(a) Eighty.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Ninety.
(d) Seventy.

8. How do they find the shuttle?
(a) By following the map Goerge made as he went along.
(b) The remotely fly it to them.
(c) They call its communication system and yell.
(d) They remotely turn on landing lights.

9. What does David Emory send in a note addressed to Richard?
(a) An artifact from Nok.
(b) The discovery of the city of Orikon on Nok.
(c) Questions about the civilization at Quraqua.
(d) More information regarding the discontinuity.

10. What date does Harvey establish as the last alignment of the four moons?
(a) 4243 B.C. (five hundred years prior to their arrival).
(b) 4743 B.C. (a thousand years prior to their arrival).
(c) 5243 B.C. (fifteen hundred years prior to their arrival).
(d) 5743 B.C. (two thousand years prior to their arrival).

11. What does Hutch finally realize?
(a) That food will run out anyway.
(b) That she is afraid.
(c) That a pulsar can be used to thaw the snow and frozen atmosphere.
(d) That she made a mistake in coming.

12. Who does Carson ask to remain in the shuttle when they land on Beta Pacifica III?
(a) Maggie.
(b) George.
(c) Janet.
(d) Jake.

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

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

15. How many possibilities do Hutch and Frank narrow the monument maker's home to?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Thirty-five.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What comes out of their mouths and is used in attack?

3. What system does Hutch calculate in on the path of the wave?

4. What do Carson and the Captain of the Catherine Perch notice about Three-B at the same time?

5. What do they find that is priceless?

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