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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Joan begins her training at NASA, how many men have been lost over the last 20 years?
(a) 2.
(b) 11.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

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

3. After the leak on the shuttle, how long can Lydia survive without treatment for the bends?
(a) 10 hours.
(b) 5 hours.
(c) 12 hours.
(d) 20 hours.

4. Who is going to be the ASCAN to go to Toronto to study the RMS (robotic arm)?
(a) Hank.
(b) Lydia.
(c) Vanessa.
(d) John.

5. When is Joan invited to interview at the Johnson Space Center?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1978.

Short Answer Questions

1. Including Joan, how many candidates are to be in Group 9, when Joan joins NASA?

2. How high above the earth's atmosphere are Vanessa and Griff when they make their space walk?

3. What type of doctor is Lydia?

4. Who is the only person in Joan's family that she does not draw in a portrait?

5. When was the Apollo 1 fire?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the roles astronauts fill when they are not on a space mission?

2. What regret does Vanessa have when she realizes Steve is dead?

3. Why does Vanessa think she cannot have a dog?

4. How is the weightlessness of space simulated, and how does Joan react?

5. What assignments are ASCANs given as NASA prepares for the first shuttle mission?

6. What does Vanessa find when she enters the cabin?

7. What is Joan's job on December 29, 1984?

8. Why are Joan and the other astronaut candidates required to listen to the Apollo 1 disaster?

9. What does Joan like to draw and what is her favorite part of her drawing?

10. How is Griff injured after he and Vanessa released the payload?

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