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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Beta Pac: Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hutch realize the next morning?
(a) They will not make it until rescue arrives.
(b) They have no water.
(c) The Alpha shuttle can keep them warm until rescue arrives.
(d) They will run out of food.

2. Why is the Wincklemann unable to help?
(a) They don't have the excess fuel.
(b) They can't locate Hutch.
(c) They can't get there in time.
(d) There is no pilot on board.

3. What does the computer tell them about the black dish they passed through?
(a) It has an on board system of some kind.
(b) It has likely been there for many years.
(c) It has always been pointed in the same direction.
(d) In 10,000 B.C. it would have been pointed at the Lesser Magellanic Cloud.

4. What do the friezes in the Temple show?
(a) The University of Antioch.
(b) The moonrise.
(c) The civilization recently past.
(d) The story of Tull from infant to godhood.

5. How long does it take before electronics begin to freeze?
(a) By April 1st.
(b) By March 29th.
(c) By April 2nd.
(d) By March 30th.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days must they wait yet when the pumps give out?

2. How many 'tugboats' are pulling snowballs into orbit around Quraqua?

3. What else is being done to create additional water for the planet?

4. Where does the Catherine Perch find itself approaching on April 11th?

5. What does Melanie reveal to them when they disclose how they crashed on arrival?

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