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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.”

2. To which of the following does Gwendy compare Gareth?
(a) Ronald McDonald.
(b) Lefty.
(c) Daddy Warbucks.
(d) Pillsbury Doughboy.

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

4. Approximately how many people can the elevator to the launch vehicle accommodate?
(a) Three dozen.
(b) Three score.
(c) Three hundred.
(d) Three thousand.

5. To what are Gwendy's tears compared?
(a) Sapphires.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Pearls.
(d) Opals.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom of the following does Norris confer in Derry?

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

3. Which of the following is the last to signal readiness for spaceflight?

4. Which crew member reminds Gwendy how to move in microgravity?

5. With which of the following does Chapter 14 begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Charlotte doing when she and Gwendy meet?

2. Of what does Gwendy dream while dozing before her televised conference?

3. Describe the box Gwendy carries.

4. Summarize Ryan Brown's Black Friday tradition.

5. Summarize Magowan's political position.

6. Under what circumstances is the flight crew likely to encounter their Chinese counterparts?

7. What fate befell the most recent holder of the puzzle box before Gwendy?

8. Why is Gwendy unable to wave to the ground and control crews on her approach to her spacecraft?

9. How does Gwendy describe the weather facing the flight crew on liftoff?

10. What does Harris forecast to Gwendy from the actions of the previous holder of the puzzle-box?

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