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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. What problem prevents them from recovering the press?
(a) The press is pushed behind large debris.
(b) The tunnel has completely collapsed.
(c) The press is destroyed.
(d) The tunnel is not clear enough to get at it.

2. What do the friezes in the Temple show?
(a) The moonrise.
(b) The story of Tull from infant to godhood.
(c) The civilization recently past.
(d) The University of Antioch.

3. What language are the symbols found written in?
(a) Quraquat.
(b) Iapetus.
(c) Oz.
(d) Nok.

4. Who were the Scrivners?
(a) Merchant sailors.
(b) Spice merchants.
(c) Trade merchants.
(d) Those who kept records of everything.

5. How long has Melanie been in orbit around Quraqua?
(a) Three months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Eighteen months.
(d) Three years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many cannot be removed from the Kosmik in time?

2. What conditions does Ed Horner put on giving Richard a ride?

3. Where are Hutch's quarters located?

4. What are the archaeologists trying to uncover?

5. In what year does this novel begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Caseway unwilling to postpone Project Hope even for a little while?

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

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

5. Who does Janet run into as she is leaving her quarters with her baggage and what does she remember of the incident?

6. What is the purpose behind Harvey Sill wanting to drop one of the snowballs into the Southern Sea known as the Yakata while the scientists are still working in the Lower Temple?

7. How long has the mission on Quraqua been in progress and what are Henry and his team hoping to accomplish?

8. How is the team from Kosmik spending the countdown to terraforming time that remains?

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

10. Why does Hutch bother to call the Kosmik and warn them that they might have a problem?

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