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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Truscott want to find before any further exploration is done?
(a) A source of fuel.
(b) A orbiting satellite.
(c) An orbital space station.
(d) A source of food.

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

3. Where does the Catherine Perch find itself approaching on April 11th?
(a) Beta Pac's moon.
(b) The second telescope in the array.
(c) The Wincklemann's remains.
(d) Beta Pacifica III.

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

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

6. How large is it?
(a) 2,300 km in diameter.
(b) 23,000 km in diameter.
(c) 230 km in diameter.
(d) 230,000 km in diameter.

7. 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?
(a) That they allow the passengers to vote.
(b) That Melanie just remain a few more days.
(c) That she investigate the possibility of ruins first.
(d) That they be left in a pod until it arrives.

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

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

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

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

12. Of the team exploring, who is first attacked?
(a) Frank.
(b) Hutch.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Janet.

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

14. Why are there regulations regarding a transdimentional jump?
(a) To monitor flight plans.
(b) To avoid possible backwash.
(c) To enable control over the flights.
(d) To reduce the number of trips taken.

15. What does Melanie reveal to them when they disclose how they crashed on arrival?
(a) That she heard their transmission right away.
(b) That there are eight such telescopes in an array in the same orbit.
(c) That she monitored their mission from the start.
(d) That the black disk 'telescopes' are common knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes to get the shuttle when Jake no longer answers?

2. What does a closer inspection of the telescope they hit reveal?

3. What does Hutch believe they need to do to find the Monument Makers?

4. How long does it take before electronics begin to freeze?

5. What message comes from Nok?

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