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

2. For what birthday did Joan want her parents to buy her a Unitron telescope?
(a) 12th.
(b) 11th.
(c) 10th.
(d) 13th.

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

4. Where do Joan and Vanessa go to view the stars when Vanessa asks Joan to help her learn the constelations?
(a) Lake Houston.
(b) Rustic Oaks Park
(c) Brazos Bend.
(d) Sam Houston National Forest.

5. What does Vanessa do when she sees that Hank is dead?
(a) Takes deep breathes.
(b) Yells to Houston.
(c) Screams.
(d) Runs back into the airlock.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Joan and Vanessa look at Alpha Herculis or Rasalgethi, how many years in the past are they looking?

2. Where did Joan's parents take her the summer before her senior year in high school?

3. What does Joan's father do for a living?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the first liftoff of a space shuttle like?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Vanessa ask Joan to help her with, and why does asking for help embarrass her?

8. What problems have to be resolved in order to get the shuttle back to earth?

9. What does Joan feel for Griff?

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

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