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1.Why do the lunar explorers place markers on the moon?
A.to prove they had been to the moon
B.to help them find their way back to their ship
C.to guide future travelers
D.to indicate the locations of water sources



2.What is the metallic glitter that catches the narrator's eye?
A.another ship of other lunar explorers
B.a dimensionless point of light
C.a signal of terrestrial life
D.a fire rising up from the ramparts



3.How high is twelve thousand feet under Earth gravity?
A.one thousand feet
B.two thousand feet
C.four thousand feet
D.six thousand feet



4.Why does the narrator feel a great lifting of his heart upon reaching the plateau?
A.He reaches the plateau first.
B.He finds a missing space ship.
C.He finds evidence of a lunar civilization.
D.He locates the perfect place to set up camp.



5.What protects the "shining enigma"?
A.a foreign team of lunar explorers
B.lunar rovers designed by intelligent life
C.an energy field generated from the surrounding stars
D.forces that challenge Eternity

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