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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Joan remembering having a rash like the one she has when she and Vanessa go to a hotel for the first time?

3. What does Joan take up when Frances is gone and she and Vanessa are too busy to spend much time together?

4. When Joan and Frances go camping, from whom does Joan borrow a tent?

5. How many brothers did Steve have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vanessa tell Frances when Frances shares that she likes being with Joan and Vanessa, but does not like being home?

2. When was the first time Joan got hives?

3. How has Barbara attained her dream by marrying Daniel?

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

5. Where do Joan and Vanessa decide to go together, and how do they get there?

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

7. Why does Barbara bring Frances to Joan's apartment one night?

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

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

10. How is the one-year mark of the ASCANs' training marked?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Artistic license is the way that an author creates art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Reid use artistic license to create the realistic background of Atmosphere?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Atmosphere? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

Joan has always supported Barbara through her pregnancy and the raising of Frances. After Barbara marries, Joan realizes how unbalanced the relationship has been. How would you describe Joan and Barbara’s relationship, and why it was not an equal relationship?

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