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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. With which of the following does Chapter 8 begin?
(a) “After Pete Riley’s visit, Gwendy began to read up on Paul Magowan, the Republican junior senator from Maine.”
(b) “Outside the porthole nearest to Gwendy, the sky is now dark.”
(c) “Of course the opposition was laying for her.”
(d) “But not as big as this one, Gwendy thinks as the roar of the engines increases to a bellow.”

2. By which company is Gwendy published?
(a) Del Rey.
(b) Ballantine.
(c) Ace.
(d) Viking.

3. Where does Gwendy note having first met Harris?
(a) River View Park.
(b) Castle View Apartments.
(c) River View Apartments.
(d) Castle View Park.

4. With which of the following does Chapter 14 begin?
(a) “‘I only got there right at the end,’ Adesh says, keeping his voice low, ‘but it sounded like you were whimpering.’”
(b) “The morning after Richard Farris’s surprise Thanksgiving visit dawned clear and cold in the town of Castle Rock, Maine.”
(c) “A plague…from China?”
(d) “When Gwendy Peterson was a young girl, she and her best friend Olive Kepnes played a game called ‘Mermaids’ at the Castle Rock Community Pool.”

5. What moniker is accorded to first-time space travelers in the novel?
(a) Newbs.
(b) Greenies.
(c) Virgins.
(d) Firsties.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much snow falls at Gwendy's home the night after Harris visits?

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

4. To which of the following is Harris compared?

5. In what year does Gwendy serve as Charlotte's bridesmaid?

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