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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Shorter Than a Season.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the best person to design the Eagle?
(a) Wallach.
(b) West.
(c) Holland.
(d) Alsing.

2. What do people think about Alsing after meeting him?
(a) That he is good at sports.
(b) That he is an engineer.
(c) That he is awkward and uncoordinated.
(d) That he is smart and interesting.

3. How many assembly language instructions does the Eclipse contain?
(a) 390.
(b) 420.
(c) 195.
(d) 101.

4. How old is Josh Rosen?
(a) 24.
(b) 26.
(c) 19.
(d) 21.

5. What is MULTICS?
(a) A plan to end time-sharing systems for good.
(b) A plan for hacking into time-sharing systems.
(c) A plan for making time-sharing systems secure.
(d) A plan to expand time-sharing systems into a dominant market position.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the second company that Wallach worked for?

2. According to Rasala, why is Veres the best of the college kids?

3. What momentous news arrives on an evening in early 1979?

4. What type of songs does West like to play?

5. What does Trixie like to do?

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