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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 does Hutch realize the next morning?
(a) They will run out of food.
(b) They will not make it until rescue arrives.
(c) They have no water.
(d) The Alpha shuttle can keep them warm until rescue arrives.

2. Who else requires treatment by the ship's physician?
(a) Hutch and Frank.
(b) George and Hutch.
(c) Hutch and Janet.
(d) Janet and Frank.

3. What does a closer inspection of the telescope they hit reveal?
(a) It has left its orbit.
(b) It has already begun to repair itself.
(c) It is damaged beyond repair.
(d) It is sending a distress signal of its own.

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

5. What does Hutch realize about each event of discontinuity?
(a) They are entirely random.
(b) The are linked to stars.
(c) They are separated by a thousand years.
(d) They are foretold in legend.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do they find the shuttle?

2. Who does Carson ask to remain in the shuttle when they land on Beta Pacifica III?

3. What is the purpose of the mission led by Harvey Sills?

4. What does Frank tell Hutch on her birthday?

5. Who is the first to notice an anomaly?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the members of Wincklemann's crew amuse themselves on the long ride to Beta Pacifica?

2. What revelation does Hutch have that she wakes Carson to share with him?

3. What is the anomaly on the moon that is designated as Three-B?

4. What news does the physician aboard the Catherine Perth give Carson and Janet?

5. What is Captain Morris's biggest concern as he watches Maggie's body being recovered from a close circuit camera with Melanie?

6. After donning Flickinger harnesses, magnetic boots, and arming themselves with pulsars, what discoveries are made inside the space station?

7. What surprises the Wincklemann when they drop out of their transdimentional jump?

8. When are they rescued, by whom and what do they learn about the object that caused their crash?

9. What does Hutch finally do to find the shuttle after wandering around lost for some time?

10. What does Hutch believe they have to do in order to discover the truth behind what is going on?

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