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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. What are the entrees at Barbara's wedding?

2. What boarding school are Barbara and Daniel planning to send Frances to?

3. When Joan goes to Cape Canaveral in preparation for her flight, how much time will she be quarantined with her crew?

4. In the winter of 1982, where is Barbara going with Daniel when she drops Frances off at Joan's?

5. What religion is Vanessa's mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Vanessa do as a Cape Crusader?

3. When was the first time Joan got hives?

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

5. What does Antonio have to say about the ASCANs in August 1981?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Joan, Vanessa, and the other women astronauts are in the second group of candidates that includes women. Why has it taken so long for women to become astronauts and what do their experiences reveal about women’s roles and the way those roles have evolved?

Essay Topic 3

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe characters and the world they inhabit. Imagery involves using the five senses to describe characters, places, and things. How does Reid use imagery to help readers imagine the world and characters she has created?

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