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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 276-332.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after Vanessa talks about her favorite space song is communication lost with the shuttle?
(a) 17 seconds.
(b) 38 seconds.
(c) 22 seconds.
(d) 12 seconds.

2. What color dress does Joan buy in New Orleans?
(a) Blue.
(b) Lavender.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

3. How many years did to take from the invention of the first airplane to the first man in space?
(a) 63.
(b) 74.
(c) 89.
(d) 58.

4. During Joan's interview at NASA, how long is she instructed to wear a suit and stay inside a three-foot-wide white fabric ball?
(a) 5 minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 20 minutes.

5. During a conversation about God, where does Vanessa tell Joan she wants to take her flying early in the morning?
(a) The Rockies.
(b) The Pacific.
(c) The Atlantic.
(d) The prairie.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the one-year mark of the ASCANs' training marked?

2. On Joan's shuttle flight, how fast does Discovery go as it fights against gravity?

3. What type of vehicle does Antonio drive?

4. Who crews the Columbia during the inagural space shuttle program launch?

5. What candy goes into space at the same time as the first woman astronaut?

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