View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is on board the Ashley Tee when it leaves to investigate?
(a) Janet and Hutch.
(b) Hutch and Frank.
(c) Terry and Janet.
(d) Hutch and Terry.

2. What is Orikon?
(a) A city on a newly discovered planet.
(b) A reference on one of the tablets.
(c) A city on Quraqua lost to the terraforming.
(d) A city on Nok that had a monorail.

3. Who does Hutch meet at Richard's memorial?
(a) His son, Richard.
(b) His cousin, Dick Wald.
(c) His father, Rick.
(d) His brother, Dick.

4. 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 the black disk 'telescopes' are common knowledge.
(d) That she monitored their mission from the start.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What remains of Jake on the planet?

2. How long will it be before the Ashley Tee arrives?

3. What does Frank suggest they try to do?

4. What 'insurance' does Hutch take out against their mission being canceled?

5. How many possibilities do Hutch and Frank narrow the monument maker's home to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hutch fake a communications malfunction before the Wincklemann is scheduled to leave?

2. What callous comment does Maggie make that reminds Hutch of all the reasons that her guard is up around Maggie?

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

4. Who was attacked by the crab like creatures on Beta Pacifica III?

5. What kind of structures do the landing party on Beta Pacifica III find that make no sense?

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

7. What authorization comes with the Ashley Tee, and who else notifies them that they are on the way?

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

9. What do Hutch and Frank discover as they dig into the discontinuities further?

10. What do the crew of the Catherine Perch note about the planet Beta Pacifica III as they approach it on April 11th?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,024 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample