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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 Hank is scheduled to fly on a shuttle in less than six months, how far along is Donna in her pregnancy?
(a) 2 months.
(b) Not quite 4 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) Almost 6 months.

2. When are the members of Group 9 given the honor of being called astronauts?
(a) June 1981.
(b) August 1981.
(c) July 1981.
(d) September 1981.

3. Where do Joan's parents live?
(a) Pasadena.
(b) Thousand Oaks.
(c) Riverside.
(d) Santa Clarita.

4. How many latches does Vanessa have to secure on the aft bulkhead?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

5. What type of rash does Joan get when she and Vanessa go to a hotel for the first time?
(a) Psoriasis.
(b) Contact dermatitis.
(c) Eczema.
(d) Hives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the secretary at Frances's school who often lets Frances stay with her until her mother comes to get her?

2. What was the longest that Vanessa and her mother went without speaking because Vanessa would not go to Mass?

3. What movie does Frances decide she wants to see when she spends a weekend with Joan?

4. During the spring and summer of 1984, where is Vanessa often training in a dunk tank?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Joan think she should be assigned time in Mission Control?

3. How does Joan feel about Frances growing up?

4. What problems does Vanessa have when she tries to close the latches on the payload doors?

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

6. How do Joan, Donna, and Lydia feel about the jokes the men make about them and the other women in the ASCAN program?

7. What does Vanessa do as a Cape Crusader?

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

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

10. Why is Joan selected to be the first woman to fly in the shuttle?

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