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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gwendy's call sign on the mission?
(a) Senator Snowy.
(b) Weather Girl.
(c) Tempest Storm.
(d) Maine Mama.

2. 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) “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.”
(c) “Gwendy seats herself between Bankole and Patel.”
(d) “Eight men and two women walk in a line along the right side of the Tet control center.”

3. To which of the following is Gareth compared?
(a) Cotton candy
(b) A marshmallow.
(c) Sweet bean cake.
(d) Candy corn.

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

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

6. What is the *name* of Gwendy's father's dog?
(a) Spot.
(b) Peppa.
(c) Pippa.
(d) Puppa.

7. With which of the following does Chapter 7 begin?
(a) “Outside the porthole nearest to Gwendy, the sky is now dark.”
(b) “After Pete Riley’s visit, Gwendy began to read up on Paul Magowan, the Republican junior senator from Maine.”
(c) “This is the third time the button box has come into Gwendy Peterson’s life.”
(d) “But not as big as this one, Gwendy thinks as the roar of the engines increases to a bellow.”

8. With which of the following does Chapter 10 begin?
(a) “Of course the opposition was laying for her.”
(b) “It’s a beautiful April day in Playalinda, Florida, not far from Cape Canaveral.”
(c) “Outside the porthole nearest to Gwendy, the sky is now dark.”
(d) “Eight men and two women walk in a line along the right side of the Tet control center.”

9. In what year did Gwendy's mother die?
(a) 2017.
(b) 2019.
(c) 2015.
(d) 2013.

10. In what year do Charlotte and Gwendy meet?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2001.

11. In which facility does Gwendy's father reside?
(a) Castle Rock Glen Nursing Home.
(b) River Rock Glen Nursing Home.
(c) Castle Rock Meadows Nursing Home.
(d) River Rock Meadows Nursing Home.

12. In which of the following spokes will Gwendy's crew lodge?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

13. With which of the following does Chapter 9 begin?
(a) “Outside the porthole nearest to Gwendy, the sky is now dark.”
(b) “It’s a beautiful April day in Playalinda, Florida, not far from Cape Canaveral.”
(c) “After Pete Riley’s visit, Gwendy began to read up on Paul Magowan, the Republican junior senator from Maine.”
(d) “Of course the opposition was laying for her.”

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

15. What is the name of Adesh's wife?
(a) Srihani.
(b) Maya.
(c) Aadhaya.
(d) Daksha.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which district in Maine did Gwendy represent in Congress?

2. In what year does the novel begin?

3. Which of the following pilots the launch of the Eagle-19 Heavy?

4. With whom of the following does Norris confer in the Castle Rock Sheriff’s Department?

5. What "wonder" does Gwendy note the rivers yielded in the mid 20th century?

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