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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sandoz was encouraged to take on a ____________ position at the university, but Sandoz feels he has unfinished business.
(a) Theology.
(b) Linguistics.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Psychology.

2. What does Sandoz continue to do until he gets this action just right, even as his hands freeze and the temperatures drop?
(a) Throws stones in the water.
(b) Touches the walls.
(c) Stands with his hands bare.
(d) Sits in the ocean.

3. What is the question that Sandoz poses to Candotti when Candotti tries to ask him about the mission? "Do you ___________ God?"
(a) Understand.
(b) Experience.
(c) Know.
(d) Believe in.

4. Who is Jimmy jealous of that prompts him to leave the dinner party a bit earlier than everyone else?
(a) Sandoz.
(b) George.
(c) Sofia.
(d) Anne.

5. What is the profession of Alan Pace, one of the members of the crew of the spaceship to the new planet?
(a) Geologist.
(b) Banker.
(c) Musicologist.
(d) Herbologist.

6. Giuliani tells Sandoz that he is unimpressed by his ___________, and that others have broken their vows too.
(a) Faith.
(b) Self pity.
(c) Silence.
(d) Stubborness.

7. At the time, Sandoz is teaching a course in beginner's _________ where he meets a bright pupil named Anne Edwards.
(a) Italian.
(b) French.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Latin.

8. Brother ____________ tells John Candotti that Sandoz is nowhere to be found at the start of this section.
(a) Richard.
(b) John.
(c) Edward.
(d) Johannes.

9. The ____________ ambassador arrives after the discovery of the music has been related to several people.
(a) French.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Japanese.
(d) Chinese.

10. Peggy Soong is frustrated with the ________________ attitude that Jimmy seems to have in relation to his work.
(a) Silly.
(b) Lazy.
(c) Peacemaker.
(d) Warmongering.

11. What is the name of the asteroid made vehicle that the crew will be taking to the new planet?
(a) Aston Martin.
(b) Stella Marin.
(c) Stella Maris.
(d) Terra Linda.

12. Who is hired by the Jesuit society in order to get the mission off the ground and into the universe to find the planet?
(a) Sofia.
(b) George.
(c) Sandoz.
(d) D.W.

13. What is the name of the children that Sandoz appears to take a special interest in after they have met?
(a) Terry.
(b) Felipe.
(c) John.
(d) Joseph.

14. Where do Candotti, Edwards, and his assistant, Voelker, decide they should send Sandoz to recover?
(a) The Alps.
(b) Munich.
(c) Naples.
(d) Tuscany.

15. What is the profession of Anne, the woman Jimmy meets through George, a volunteer at Arecibo?
(a) Commander.
(b) Sister.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Secretary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the profession of one of the critics who thinks that Sandoz is guilty of wrongdoing while he was on the foreign planet?

2. Once back where he wants to be, Sandoz begins to shape up the ____________ by recruiting children and taking a special interest in one.

3. The Magellan crew, when they got to the planet, found that there was a group of angry natives, the ___________.

4. Who does Jimmy Quinn call after he listens to space and hears a beautiful piece of extraterrestrial music?

5. When the new crew came to the planet, they found that ___________ was living in a house of prostitution.

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