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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 do they discover is the real problem beyond being unable to fire the Hazeltine engines?

2. Who is the first to notice an anomaly?

3. What does Hutch's mother write to remind her?

4. On which moon is there an anomaly?

5. What ship arrives on April 8th and launches a shuttle to pick them up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who leaves to pursue the premise that Hutch has outlined, and where to they go?

2. What events transpire as a result of Maggie's comment?

3. What does Hutch realize that makes the sacrifice of a crew member unnecessary?

4. What do the boarding crew notice on approach to the orbiting space station?

5. What does Hutch finally do to find the shuttle after wandering around lost for some time?

6. Who was attacked by the crab like creatures on Beta Pacifica III?

7. What news does the physician aboard the Catherine Perth give Carson and Janet?

8. Why does Hutch fake a communications malfunction before the Wincklemann is scheduled to leave?

9. What revelation does Hutch have that she wakes Carson to share with him?

10. What do the various team members from Quraqua do back on Earth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the creatures that attacked the shuttle crew beginning with Jake on the planet Beta Pacifica III? How many people in total were attacked? What was obvious to the team as the remained exposed and away from the shuttle? How do they finally get to safety? Who lost their lives in that trip? Where and how did this happen? Should any of the lives lost been preventable? How?

Essay Topic 2

What does Hutch realize after studying all of the figures and locations that are related to the discontinuities? Who does she share this information with first? What does she think they can accomplish? Why is she so sure that her plan will work, and how much time do they have to accomplish their task? What questions will this answer if it works?

Essay Topic 3

What is the one incident associated with Project Hope that was negative and unnecessary? Why did it occur? Who was responsible directly for this incident? What were the motives that led to it and why were none ever brought to justice as a result of it? What charges could have and should have been laid under ordinary circumstances and against whom?

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