View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does Chapter 22 begin?
(a) “‘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.”
(b) “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.”
(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) “The video conference is a big hit, a real smasheroo.”

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

3. With which of the following does Chapter 5 begin?
(a) “Time in training has been slow.”
(b) “This is the third time the button box has come into Gwendy Peterson’s life.”
(c) “Gwendy seats herself between Bankole and Patel.”
(d) “But not as big as this one, Gwendy thinks as the roar of the engines increases to a bellow.”

4. From which of the following does Glen hail?
(a) Helena.
(b) Billings.
(c) Butte.
(d) Missoula.

5. With which of the following does Chapter 16 begin?
(a) “The morning after Richard Farris’s surprise Thanksgiving visit dawned clear and cold in the town of Castle Rock, Maine.”
(b) “As spring approached, Gwendy threw herself into the [year’s] Senate campaign with what Wolf Blitzer from CNN described as ‘fevered abandon.’”
(c) “‘I only got there right at the end,’ Adesh says, keeping his voice low, ‘but it sounded like you were whimpering.’”
(d) “Bern Stapleton hands the iPad back to Jafari Bankole.”

6. To whom is the novel dedicated?
(a) Tabitha King.
(b) Jane Austen.
(c) Marsha DeFilippo.
(d) Robin Furth.

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

8. In what year does the novel begin?
(a) 2026.
(b) 2022.
(c) 2028.
(d) 2024.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. Which crew member reminds Gwendy how to move in microgravity?
(a) Glen.
(b) Drinkwater.
(c) Bankole.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song plays as Gwendy and her friend do their Black Friday shopping?

2. To which of the following is Harris compared?

3. What is Gwendy's street address?

4. What author does Gwendy note used the title City of Night previously?

5. With which of the following does Chapter 13 begin?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 646 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample