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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do Donna and Hank get engaged?
(a) 2 weeks after they become astronauts.
(b) The night it is announced that they are astronauts.
(c) June 1981.
(d) July 1981.

2. What does Donna buy in New Orleans?
(a) Black skinny jeans and a strapless red top.
(b) Red denim skirt and white-and-yellow strapless top.
(c) Sequined jeans, leather jacket, and strapless top.
(d) Strapless sundress with flowers.

3. How many women were involved in the Women in Space Program led by William Randolph Lovelace II?
(a) 15.
(b) 13.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

4. What does Frances take up in the fall of 1983?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Ballet.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Soccer.

5. When Hank is scheduled to fly on a shuttle in less than six months, how far along is Donna in her pregnancy?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) Almost 6 months.
(d) Not quite 4 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which space shuttle leaves a few days before New Year's in 1980?

2. Who is going to be the ASCAN to go to Toronto to study the RMS (robotic arm)?

3. When was the Apollo 1 fire?

4. What was the longest that Vanessa and her mother went without speaking because Vanessa would not go to Mass?

5. What does Joan have for dinner the first night of astronaut candidate training?

(see the answer key)

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