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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Front Matter and Chapters 1 through 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the name of Adesh's tarantula?
(a) Oleanna.
(b) Olivia.
(c) Octavia.
(d) Ohime.

2. How many portholes are available in Gwendy's section of the flight vehicle?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 0.
(d) 2.

3. In which of the following does Gwendy *first* find the box?
(a) A file cabinet.
(b) A saxophone case.
(c) A gym locker.
(d) A canvas bag.

4. With which of the following does Chapter 6 begin?
(a) “This is the third time the button box has come into Gwendy Peterson’s life.”
(b) “But not as big as this one, Gwendy thinks as the roar of the engines increases to a bellow.”
(c) “After Pete Riley’s visit, Gwendy began to read up on Paul Magowan, the Republican junior senator from Maine.”
(d) “Time in training has been slow.”

5. With which of the following does Chapter 2 begin?
(a) “The service-and-delivery structure beside Eagle Heavy is a crisscross latticework of steel beams housing a huge open elevator.”
(b) “Gwendy seats herself between Bankole and Patel.”
(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) “Eight men and two women walk in a line along the right side of the Tet control center.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gwendy's call sign on the mission?

2. To which of the following does Gwendy compare the flight control system?

3. What industry does Magowan promise to restore in Maine?

4. To what are Gwendy's tears compared?

5. How many days does the flight crew spend in quarantine before boarding the spacecraft?

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