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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 did the Scrivners predict?

2. What is the Kosmik's response to Hutch's homemade torpedo so far?

3. In what year does this novel begin?

4. Who is still on Quraqua trying to recover the printing press?

5. Where is Richard when Hutch is forced to take off?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does David Emory convey via downlink hologram?

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

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

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

5. Who does Janet run into as she is leaving her quarters with her baggage and what does she remember of the incident?

6. What was particularly odd about the structures created in Oz?

7. What formality does Henry's team observe when they finally break through to the Temple of the Winds, and what do they find inside?

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

9. What does Maggie appear to be oblivious to?

10. What questions does Hutch have about the snowball dropped on them by Melanie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What information led to the discovery of the likely home planet of the Monument Makers? How was the information sorted out, and how were alternate planetary systems eliminated from possibility? What system was used to search? Who did the searching? What was found that pointed the way to the most likely home planet for this race?

Essay Topic 2

What is the only thing that can interfere with the planned mission to find the home planet of the Monument Makers once Hutch and the rest of the crew are on board? What does Hutch do to avoid that likelihood? What happens afterward that justifies her fears of cancellation? How does Hutch respond to the instructions from the Academy and why? What were those instructions and what reason was given for them?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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