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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 is sinking on the surface of Europa?

2. What did refueling on Haley do for the Universe's flight plan?

3. What did the air smell like on Europa?

4. Of what is Mount Zeus made?

5. How does Chang removed the shuttle from the Universe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Define perturbation theory.

2. The Galaxy eventually ends up where?

3. Why was Captain Laplace not concerned with morale of the crew upon landing?

4. What was the Universe's schedule upon approaching Europa?

5. What signs of life did Van der Berg observe on the Europan surface?

6. What time-honored tradition was upheld daily on the Universe at 1800 every evening?

7. Who does the group on the Universe think sent the warning to stay off of Europa?

8. What message did Van der Berg send to Earth?

9. What seems to have caused Dr. Floyd's restless dreams?

10. What was the request Floyd and Van der Berg placed to the captain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Why isn't there more information found on the Shaka group?

Part 2) How would the story have been different if there had been more information imparted to the reader about this organization?

Essay Topic 2

Although this book was written in 1987, what subjects did C. Clark touch on that are current issues today? If he wrote the book today what changes would be made if any? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) There are many different moments of foreshadowing in the story. Choose one that you feel is the biggest moment of foreshadowing to write about.

Part 2) List a moment that could have been foreshadowing but wasn't and explain to what it could have logically pointed.

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