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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 translation does Maggie send Henry?

2. How does Hutch respond?

3. Who does Carson ask to remain in the shuttle when they land on Beta Pacifica III?

4. What does David Emory send in a note addressed to Richard?

5. What kind of creature do they encounter on the planet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hutch believe they have to do in order to discover the truth behind what is going on?

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

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

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

5. What is the outcome of their collision?

6. Why does Carson ask Jake to remain inside the shuttle while the rest of their group explores Beta Pacifica III?

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

8. What do Hutch and Frank discover as they dig into the discontinuities further?

9. What is Captain Morris's biggest concern as he watches Maggie's body being recovered from a close circuit camera with Melanie?

10. What kind of structures do the landing party on Beta Pacifica III find that make no sense?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who were the Quraquat? What kind of race were they judging from the things that have been discovered? What information did the race of beings on Quraquat discover more than once? Why were there more than one continual race of beings on the planet? What was the likely demise of this race? How did they try to avoid this eventuality, and what evidence of this exists?

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

What are discontinuities? How are they described by the different races that experience them? How are they described by those who come afterward? What pattern emerges as more are discovered? What assumptions are made by those who uncover them? What eventual pattern is seen by Hutch and what conclusions are drawn as a result?

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