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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 through 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What "wonder" does Gwendy note the rivers yielded in the mid 20th century?
(a) No-headed gar.
(b) Two-headed eels.
(c) Two-headed salmon.
(d) Three-eyed goldfish.

2. To which of the following is Harris compared?
(a) Elvis.
(b) Prince.
(c) Michael Jackson.
(d) Tupac.

3. Which of the following Biblical figures does Gwendy reference in the lead-up to launch?
(a) Job.
(b) Jonah.
(c) Noah.
(d) Moses.

4. With which of the following does Chapter 1 begin?
(a) “The service-and-delivery structure beside Eagle Heavy is a crisscross latticework of steel beams housing a huge open elevator.”
(b) “Eight men and two women walk in a line along the right side of the Tet control center.”
(c) “At the top of the gantry there’s a large white room where the space travelers stand, arms raised and doing slow pirouettes, as a disinfecting spray that smells suspiciously like bleach wafts over them.”
(d) “It’s a beautiful April day in Playalinda, Florida, not far from Cape Canaveral.”

5. Approximately how much money would be lost if the space flight were canceled?
(a) $24.4 million.
(b) $17 million.
(c) $9.6 million.
(d) $2.2 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Gwendy author?

2. What is Gwendy's nickname on the mission?

3. Which of the following is the last to signal readiness for spaceflight?

4. To which of the following does Gwendy compare Gareth?

5. In what year does the novel begin?

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