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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what spoke of the station are the Chinese?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

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

3. Which of the following does Gwendy author?
(a) Desolation Street.
(b) Wasteland Boulevard.
(c) Emptiness Avenue.
(d) Void Highway.

4. Which of the following is the first to speak to Gwendy in the novel?
(a) Graves.
(b) Drinkwater.
(c) Stapleton.
(d) Bankole.

5. 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.”

6. What industry does Magowan promise to restore in Maine?
(a) Canning.
(b) Textiles.
(c) Mining.
(d) Drilling.

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

8. What drug does Harris take when delivering the puzzle box to Gwendy?
(a) Exotica.
(b) Placebo.
(c) Minutia.
(d) Dinutia.

9. How old is Gwendy at the beginning of the novel?
(a) 64.
(b) 48.
(c) 72.
(d) 56.

10. With which of the following does Chapter 9 begin?
(a) “After Pete Riley’s visit, Gwendy began to read up on Paul Magowan, the Republican junior senator from Maine.”
(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) “Of course the opposition was laying for her.”

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

12. On what day did Gwendy announce her Senate candidacy?
(a) 26 August.
(b) 27 August.
(c) 29 August.
(d) 28 August.

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

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

15. From which creek do onlookers watch Gwendy's launch?
(a) Wet Sandy.
(b) Dry Sandy.
(c) Max Hoeck Back.
(d) Max Planck Front.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Gwendy compare the blackness of space?

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

3. What is Gwendy's nickname on the mission?

4. To which of the following is Harris compared?

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

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