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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. In 1980, who hosts a New Year's Eve party?
(a) Griff.
(b) Hank.
(c) Marty.
(d) Harrison.

2. What was the name of a boy Joan did not want to help with math when she was in elementary school?
(a) Andy Lewis.
(b) Mike Williams.
(c) Bobby Simpson.
(d) Will Parsons.

3. Including Joan, how many candidates are to be in Group 9, when Joan joins NASA?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

4. Where did Joan teach at the university level?
(a) Rice University.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) University of Colorado Boulder.
(d) University of Pittsburgh.

5. How much older was Steve than Vanessa?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Joan's boyfriend in high school?

2. How many people have access to the main audio loop from the shuttle after the leak?

3. When was the Apollo 1 fire?

4. How old is Frances when Joan is accepted to be an astronaut?

5. How many feet higher can the Northrop T-38 Talons fly than a comerical airplane?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joan support Barbara after Barbara gets pregnant?

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

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

4. Why does Joan play the piano after a long week of classes in the fall of 1980?

5. What does Joan love about astronomy and the universe?

6. What does Joan feel for Griff?

7. What are two pins that astronauts are given?

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

9. What program is about to be launched when Joan is selected as a candidate to become an astronaut in 1979?

10. In June 1981, why does Joan have to call Barbara and tell her she cannot pick Frances up from school on Monday?

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