--- loncom/homework/response.pm	2004/12/07 23:23:34	1.111
+++ loncom/homework/response.pm	2004/12/23 22:53:41	1.112
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # various response type definitons response definition
 #
-# $Id: response.pm,v 1.111 2004/12/07 23:23:34 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: response.pm,v 1.112 2004/12/23 22:53:41 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ sub setrandomnumber {
 	    $rndmod+=&Apache::lonnet::numval2($Apache::inputtags::response[-1]);
 	}
     } else {
-	$rndmod=(&Apache::lonnet::numval3($Apache::inputtags::part) << 10);
+	my $shift=(4*scalar(@Apache::inputtags::responselist))%30;
+	$rndmod=(&Apache::lonnet::numval3($Apache::inputtags::part) << (($shift+15)%30));
 	if (defined($Apache::inputtags::response[-1])) {
-	    my $shift=(4*scalar(@Apache::inputtags::response))%20;
 	    $rndmod+=(&Apache::lonnet::numval3($Apache::inputtags::response[-1]) << $shift );
 	}
     }