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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 pattern does Richard believe exists?

2. What does George discover in the Lower Temple?

3. What does Hutch ask Eddie for as they are loading the shuttle?

4. Where is Hutch?

5. What does Cal tell her when she picks him up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Richard ask of Hutch that exasperates her?

2. When Henry finds out about the coming tidal wave, what are his first priorities?

3. What does Melanie do that is uncharacteristic for her, and why doesn't it help anyway?

4. What is the basic point of the myth told in the friezes?

5. What does Henry immediately realize about the tidal wave announcement that Melanie calls him with?

6. What plans does Frank Carson have once Quraqua has been evacuated and terraforming has begun?

7. What are Richard and the remainder of the crew searching for, and what do they find instead of even greater value?

8. How long has the mission on Quraqua been in progress and what are Henry and his team hoping to accomplish?

9. What issue does Richard want Hutch's help with, and why did he want Hutch to transmit it?

10. How is the team from Kosmik spending the countdown to terraforming time that remains?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What equipment do Hutch and Frank request from Melanie and the Catherine Perch? Who approves the equipment loan and what will it be used for? What else is loaned other than equipment? What ship do Hutch and Frank have access to, and who grants them permission to do so? How long after the Catherine Perch arrives did this ship come? What is the second ship's original mandate?

Essay Topic 2

Who were the Monument Makers? What evidence of their existence is found by those exploring space afterward? What mystery surrounds their existence? What did they look like, and how do those who follow much later come to this conclusion? What similarities were discovered in monuments on Quraquat and on Iapetus? What conclusions were drawn as a result of this discovery?

Essay Topic 3

What is the eventual outcome of the crew of the Wincklemann? How many members remain, and what positions do they hold afterward? What is attempted by Meg Campbell aboard the Pasquarella? What is the outcome? What conclusions are reached about the Monument Makers? What suggestion made by Hutch is found to be correct and why? What discovery supports her conclusions?

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