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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hutch determined to do to save the others?

2. Who does Hutch meet at Richard's memorial?

3. What changes does Hutch see in Frank since the Temple on Quraqua?

4. What timing does Carson believe ir right for the wave and Earth?

5. What similarity does Hutch grasp about the discontinuities?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What do the boarding crew notice on approach to the orbiting space station?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does the Academy endorse, to the surprise of many involved?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the eventual outcome of the crew of the Wincklemann? How many members remain, and what positions do they hold afterward? What is attempted by Meg Campbell aboard the Pasquarella? What is the outcome? What conclusions are reached about the Monument Makers? What suggestion made by Hutch is found to be correct and why? What discovery supports her conclusions?

Essay Topic 2

What system do Hutch and Frank go to next? What last task do they accomplish before leaving and why is it important? What do they look for when they arrive in the next system? What do they need to do? Who stays aboard the Ashley Tee and why? What drawback is there to being part of the ground crew? What do the two crew members on the Ashley Tee see?

Essay Topic 3

What is the only thing that can interfere with the planned mission to find the home planet of the Monument Makers once Hutch and the rest of the crew are on board? What does Hutch do to avoid that likelihood? What happens afterward that justifies her fears of cancellation? How does Hutch respond to the instructions from the Academy and why? What were those instructions and what reason was given for them?

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