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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 has happened to the crew members?
(a) They were afflicted by a disease.
(b) They escaped in the last shuttle.
(c) They are still belted in their seats.
(d) They were overcome by an invader.

2. How many days are spent exploring the Oz before leaving?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

3. What is Henry most interested in?
(a) Documenting his travels.
(b) Writing his memoirs.
(c) Retiring in peace.
(d) Making new friends.

4. What does Frank tell Hutch on her birthday?
(a) He wants her to take a leave of absense.
(b) He wants to enlist her aid.
(c) He believes the likely home planet of the Monument Makers to be Beta Pacifica.
(d) He has access to the Tindle Array on the moon.

5. What is Maggie worried about?
(a) Ignoring the message to abort.
(b) Being able to get there, investigate and leave undetected.
(c) Losing another team member.
(d) Leaving without her luggage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Orikon?

2. What revelation do these calculations lead Frank to?

3. Who else requires treatment by the ship's physician?

4. What does Hutch realize about each event of discontinuity?

5. What does Hutch realize the next morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who leaves to pursue the premise that Hutch has outlined, and where to they go?

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

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

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

5. What is the outcome of their collision?

6. Why does Carson ask Jake to remain inside the shuttle while the rest of their group explores Beta Pacifica III?

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

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

9. How does Harvey and his recovery team manage to locate Maggie to bring her back?

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

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