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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What decision does Richard Wald make?
(a) That he has to see the Iapetus like figure for himself.
(b) That he wants to mine the moon.
(c) That he wants to be cremated.
(d) That he wants to return to teaching.

3. Who does Hutch call for help?
(a) Richard.
(b) Carson.
(c) Melanie.
(d) Janet.

4. What else is being done to create additional water for the planet?
(a) Icebergs are being towed to the planet.
(b) A ring of ice is being pushed into place around the planet.
(c) Clouds are begin artificially created.
(d) Clouds are being seeded.

5. What do they still require to decipher the language?
(a) A map.
(b) A native speaker.
(c) A Rosetta stone.
(d) A dictionary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was discovered in the same orbit as Shola's rings?

2. Where is the snowball aimed for?

3. How long after the first detonation is it before the ice pack explodes?

4. Why is the Wincklemann unable to help?

5. What is the name of the shuttle that Hutch pilots and Richard hitches a ride on?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cal make the decision to marry someone else although it is clear he still has deep feelings for Hutch?

2. When Richard asks Caseway to delay the schedule for terraforming Quraqua, what does Caseway admit that horrifies Richard?

3. What issues make it harder than anticipated to recover the printing press from the Lower Temple.

4. What events conspire against Hutch, slowing down her return to the surface one last time?

5. What does Melanie do that is uncharacteristic for her, and why doesn't it help anyway?

6. What plans does Frank Carson have once Quraqua has been evacuated and terraforming has begun?

7. What was particularly odd about the structures created in Oz?

8. What issue does the Boston Globe bemoan?

9. What issue does Richard want Hutch's help with, and why did he want Hutch to transmit it?

10. What does Richard ask of Hutch that exasperates her?

(see the answer keys)

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