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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In which town do the Brighams live?
(a) Niceville.
(b) Destin.
(c) Fort Walton Beach.
(d) Valparaiso.

5. What is the name of Gwendy's insurance contact?
(a) Jeff Lynn.
(b) Gerry Keele.
(c) Brian Gardner.
(d) Frederick Lynn.

6. With which of the following does Chapter 12 begin?
(a) “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.”
(b) “A plague…from China?”
(c) “‘What—’ Gwendy began, meaning to finish with either are you doing here or is wrong with you, she didn’t know which, and Farris didn’t give her time.”
(d) “When Gwendy turns around to stoke her way back from officer country to the crew’s launch area…, she almost bumps heads with Gareth Winston, who is floating just behind her.”

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

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

9. To which of the following is Gwendy compared?
(a) Inoue.
(b) Byrd.
(c) Leahy.
(d) Thurmond.

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

11. With which of the following does Chapter 20 begin?
(a) “The video conference is a big hit, a real smasheroo.”
(b) “In January 2020—after serving in a number of high-profile intelligence positions…”
(c) “When Gwendy turns around to stoke her way back from officer country to the crew’s launch area…, she almost bumps heads with Gareth Winston, who is floating just behind her.”
(d) “Gwendy swipes to the CONTROL screen on her iPad, taps VIDEO LINK, and a blank picture-in-picture display opens in the upper right hand corner.”

12. With whom of the following does Norris confer in Derry?
(a) Gerry Keele.
(b) Gerry Mulligan.
(c) Ryan Brown.
(d) Brian Gardner.

13. How much snow falls at Gwendy's home the night after Harris visits?
(a) Six inches.
(b) Three inches.
(c) Six feet.
(d) Three feet.

14. How many days does the flight crew spend in quarantine before boarding the spacecraft?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

15. In what year did Gwendy run for Senate?
(a) 2019.
(b) 2013.
(c) 2017.
(d) 2015.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which national reporter was on site when Gwendy announced her Senate candidacy?

2. With which of the following does Chapter 5 begin?

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

4. How old is Gwendy at the beginning of the novel?

5. Which of the following does Gwendy reference to Gareth?

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