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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. As Vanessa prepares the shuttle for takeoff and her stint as pilot, who does she remember told her they would lobby for her to fly the shuttle someday?
(a) Steve.
(b) Jack.
(c) Hank.
(d) Harrison.

2. What was the name of the stripper in New Orleans who looked like Vanessa?
(a) Crystal.
(b) Jade.
(c) Raven.
(d) Jasmine.

3. How is the one-year mark of the ASCANs' training marked?
(a) Camping trip at the lake.
(b) A day at the zoo.
(c) A day at an amusement park.
(d) Catered dinner at mission control.

4. How many years did to take from the invention of the first airplane to the first man in space?
(a) 58.
(b) 89.
(c) 63.
(d) 74.

5. During the spring and summer of 1984, where is Vanessa often training in a dunk tank?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Washington.
(c) Florida.
(d) Texas.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the shuttle Discovery, that Joan is assigned to, scheduled to launch?

2. How long does Joan's mother say that her friend's grandson threw tantrums after his mother remarried?

3. How long after Joan is scheduled to go into space is Vanessa scheduled to go?

4. Who is the first American woman astronaut to fly on the space shuttle?

5. When Hank is scheduled to fly on a shuttle in less than six months, how far along is Donna in her pregnancy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Joan upset when she goes to pick up Frances, and Frances is sitting on the stoop locked out of the house?

2. What disagreement do Barbara and Joan have about Joan bringing a guest to the wedding, and how is the matter resolved?

3. When was the first time Joan got hives?

4. What is Vanessa's response when Joan asks her to come pick up Frances one day?

5. What advice does Joan give Lydia, when Lydia wonders why she was not chosen to fly on the shuttle?

6. How do the newly minted astronauts celebrate, and what announcement is made?

7. Why does Vanessa say that only an idiot would call someone a "pansy" (210)?

8. When and how does Donna have her and Hank's baby?

9. What happens to Griff, and why do they not tell Vanessa right away?

10. What does Barbara decide to do for Thanksgiving in 1984?

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