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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Who are the Sooners? (from Section 5, Chapter 13—Epilogue)

Those selected to be first residents of the restored planet.

Officially sanctioned "seeders" of plant and animal life.

The first who die accidentally on New Earth.

Persons making illegal visits to New Earth's terraformed surface.

2.

All moon fragments, except Peach Pit, constantly collide and break into smaller pieces that threaten Earth. Why is Peach Pit resistant? (from Section 2, Chapters 4—6)

It has local gravity.

It follows a different orbit.

It's the moon's primordial iron core. The other chunks are conventional rocks.

Some mysterious force repels debris.

3.

Rhys Aitken, British ISS crew member, has ice shipped up for Dinah MacQuarie. To what use does she put it? (from Section 2, Chapters 4—6)

Production of illegal ice cream.

Reduction of swelling in an unreported injury that will get her sent back to Earth.

The chilling of after-work drinks.

Testing of her "ice Nats," insect-like robots designed to crawl on and tunnel through comets.

4.

Why do later generations not simply employ digital DNA data from Eve Moira's thumb-drive? (from Section 5, Chapter 13—Epilogue)

The technological skills have been lost to time.

Reverting to the “rootstock” human race is considered as a kind of autogenocide.

This would result in horrible mutations.

Political policy forbids this.

5.

What is the distinction between Kath Two's Survey team, and the other known as Snake Eaters? (from Section 5, Chapter 13—Epilogue)

Kath Two's team are list-makers. Snake Eaters are tasked with weeding out dangerous life-forms.

Survey is forbidden contact with newly-seeded life. Snake Eaters monitor progress of ecosystems.

Survey is an earth-science team. Snake Eaters are special-ops military.

Survey measures landscapes for future habitats. Snake Eaters raise serpent-like creatures as food-stock.

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