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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Beta Pac: Chapters 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Harvey Sill ask Jake Kraus to do?
(a) Drop his snowball into the ocean on Quraqua.
(b) Decrease his output.
(c) Increase his output.
(d) Quit and come back to Kosmik.

2. What part of the terraforming schedule is likely to cause the largest problem on Quraqua?
(a) The scheduled melting of the ice caps.
(b) The draining of the local lakes.
(c) The arrival of early stage citizenry.
(d) The release of nuclear material to create atmosphere.

3. Where does everyone gather to ride it out?
(a) The pier.
(b) The Lower Temple.
(c) The main diving pool.
(d) The Alpha shuttle.

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

5. What does Janet call Richard to relay?
(a) Melanie's movements.
(b) Details from the Field Report Academy monthly.
(c) Time left on Quraqua.
(d) Progress in their packing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the first sign of the beginning of the terraforming?

2. How high is the wave in the deep sea?

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

4. How long does it take before electronics begin to freeze?

5. What decision does Richard Wald make?

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