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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Second Officer Chang explain to Steward Third Class Rosie McCullen?
(a) How the ship runs.
(b) How the penetrometer.
(c) How to clean the stateroom.
(d) What time to make the coffee.

2. Who did Second Officer Chris Floyd seek out for help after the ship is hijacked?
(a) Second Officer Chang.
(b) Captain Laplace.
(c) Rosie McCullen.
(d) Rolf van der Berg.

3. Captain Smith had few objections to what activity for the passengers?
(a) Going back to the space hospital ahead of schedule.
(b) Going to Jupitor after the comet tour.
(c) Going to dinner after a long day.
(d) Going out of the spaceship to explore the comets surface.

4. Inside the cavern, with what was everything coated?
(a) Tar.
(b) Gravel.
(c) Dust.
(d) Wax.

5. In 2060, who was the first Planetary President?
(a) Edward VIII.
(b) Charles X.
(c) Edward VI.
(d) Frederico III.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first man to land on Mercury?

2. Who was the Science Officer aboard the Tsien?

3. What is Old Faithful?

4. What is the most important element in South Africa's economy?

5. Who coined the phrase "Gravity is the bringer of old age"?

Short Essay Questions

1. On day five of the journey to Haley's Comet, the captain reveals what secret; describe the secret?

2. While awaiting rendezvous with the comet, Mihailovich sees something, what is it?

3. Where did the Galaxy team of scientists launch their first penetometer?

4. Van der Berg contacts an astrophysicist by the name of Dr Wilkins for what purpose?

5. Describe the Valley of Black Snow on Haley's Comet.

6. When Captain Laplace realizes they are turning in space, what does he do?

7. Second Officer Chang on his night watch had what conversation with the steward?

8. What are the layers that Dr. Chant observes as he is spelunking through Haley's comet?

9. Describe what Captain Smith observed upon Haley's surface.

10. What curious events does the captain recall after the hijacking of the Galaxy?

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