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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. In what year does this novel begin?
(a) 2348
(b) 2295
(c) 2197
(d) 2159

2. What does Richard notice about it?
(a) From the center outward, it shows no sign of symmetry.
(b) From the center to the outer ring it is concentric.
(c) From the center outward, it is in ever larger circles.
(d) From the center outward, it is a mirror image of itself.

3. Where are Hutch's quarters located?
(a) Seapoint.
(b) Cliffside.
(c) Knothic Towers.
(d) Oz.

4. Who is still on Quraqua trying to recover the printing press?
(a) George, Carson, Henry and Sandy.
(b) George, Henry, Maggie nad Sandy.
(c) George, Maggie, Carson and Sandy.
(d) George, Carson, Henry and Maggie.

5. What does Melanie make sure Hutch is aware of?
(a) The submersible is waiting.
(b) A ring of ice is being employed.
(c) The gravity is too extreme.
(d) The entire coastline will be destroyed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harvey Sill ask Jake Kraus to do?

2. What is more difficult afterward?

3. Who were the Scrivners?

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

5. How many civilizations have lived on Quraqua?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Maggie appear to be oblivious to?

4. Why had the excavation of the Lower Temple been so important?

5. What is Maggie doing on board the Wincklemann?

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

7. What is the basic point of the myth told in the friezes?

8. 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?

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

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

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