Sending a valid, minimal reproduction case in the highest possible score on the take-home in my book. The take home is designed to efficiently weed out the hope

Sending a valid, minimal reproduction case in the highest possible score on the take-home in my book. The take home is designed to efficiently weed out the hopelessly unqualified (of which the applicant pool is unsurprisingly over-represented). You clearly passed that test and, by asking a second time, the company saved you a bunch of further wasted time.