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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 207-275.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joan do when she arrives at the hotel before Vanessa?
(a) Drinks iced tea in the lobby.
(b) Goes for a walk on the beach.
(c) Takes a nap.
(d) Has a snack in the lounge.

2. What was the name of Joan's boyfriend in high school?
(a) Adam Hawkins.
(b) Drew Wyatt.
(c) Pete Mitchell.
(d) Jon Carter.

3. Who crews the Columbia during the inagural space shuttle program launch?
(a) William McCool, and Michael Anderson.
(b) Laurel Clark and Ilan Ramon.
(c) Kalpana Chawla and David Brown.
(d) Bob Crippen and John Young.

4. In "Fall 1980," what does Joan compare all the acronyms she is learning too?
(a) Learning German.
(b) Learning Spanish.
(c) Learning Greek.
(d) Learning French.

5. When Joan and Vanessa look at Alpha Herculis or Rasalgethi, how many years in the past are they looking?
(a) Not quite 500.
(b) 250.
(c) Almost 400.
(d) 800.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many starts does Alpha Herculis have?

2. During a conversation about God, where does Vanessa tell Joan she wants to take her flying early in the morning?

3. In 1980, who hosts a New Year's Eve party?

4. How long after the launch of the first space shuttle, do the rocket boosters fall away?

5. When Vanessa sleeps over at Joan's what time does she leave the apartment?

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