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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. What does Hank give Joan on New Year's eve?
(a) Leather gloves.
(b) Aviator glasses.
(c) Ball cap.
(d) Patch for her jacket.
2. When Joan begins her training at NASA, how many men have been lost over the last 20 years?
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.
3. 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) Bobby Simpson.
(c) Will Parsons.
(d) Mike Williams.
4. How many women were involved in the Women in Space Program led by William Randolph Lovelace II?
(a) 7.
(b) 13.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.
5. Who does Joan realize is afraid but fighting it when they are on the vomit Comet learning to deal with weightlessness?
(a) Hank.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Lydia.
(d) Teddy.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many members are on the Orion Flight Team?
2. Where are Joan and other mission specialists sent to learn how to bail out over the ocean?
3. When was the Apollo 1 fire?
4. After the leak on the shuttle, how long can Lydia survive without treatment for the bends?
5. As Vanessa prepares to open the hatch on the Navigator on December 29, 1984, how long has she worked toward that moment?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Joan play the piano after a long week of classes in the fall of 1980?
2. Why does Vanessa think she cannot have a dog?
3. What inspires Joan to apply to NASA the first ime?
4. Why does Vanessa close her eyes as she prepares to enter the cabin?
5. What does Joan feel for Griff?
6. What regret does Vanessa have when she realizes Steve is dead?
7. What does Vanessa share with Joan about her father?
8. What are some of the roles astronauts fill when they are not on a space mission?
9. What assignments are ASCANs given as NASA prepares for the first shuttle mission?
10. How does Joan support Barbara after Barbara gets pregnant?
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