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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 does Frank tell Hutch on her birthday?

2. What translation does Maggie send Henry?

3. What does Melanie's diary note about even the transmitter of the telescope that had been damaged?

4. What is unusual about this trip for Jake?

5. How do they find the shuttle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the Academy's position regarding Richard's death and what course of action do they pursue?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the final status of the Wincklemann? What are the chances of survival for its crew? Why is that the case? What critical systems are affected? How does Hutch overcome the issues they are facing? What one critical problem are they still facing? What does Maggie figure out, and what has to be done to ensure survival of the remainder? Who steps up to assume the consequences and why does it become unnecessary?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What are discontinuities? How are they described by the different races that experience them? How are they described by those who come afterward? What pattern emerges as more are discovered? What assumptions are made by those who uncover them? What eventual pattern is seen by Hutch and what conclusions are drawn as a result?

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