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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. What song plays as Gwendy and her friend do their Black Friday shopping?
(a) "I Write the Songs."
(b) "Moonlight Serenade."
(c) "Dust in the Wind."
(d) "Rock and Roll Fantasy."

2. Where does Gwendy note having first met Harris?
(a) River View Apartments.
(b) River View Park.
(c) Castle View Apartments.
(d) Castle View Park.

3. What name do the ground and control crews collectively give themselves?
(a) Space Nerds.
(b) Mission Control.
(c) Eager Eagle Brigade.
(d) Tet Rocket Jockeys.

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

5. By which company is Gwendy published?
(a) Ace.
(b) Viking.
(c) Ballantine.
(d) Del Rey.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what are Gwendy's tears compared?

2. In a box labeled with which of the following does Gwendy have the puzzle box at her house?

3. With which of the following does Chapter 16 begin?

4. To which of the following is Gwendy compared?

5. With which of the following does Chapter 8 begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Summarize Gwendy's reply to Magowan's first political attack against her.

3. What comments are made about the older members of the audience for the space launch?

4. For what purpose do Lundgren and Drinkwater call Gwendy forward after the space vehicle leaves the atmosphere?

5. Summarize Ryan Brown's Black Friday tradition.

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

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

8. Why is Adesh granted a private cabin?

9. What accounts for Gwendy's name?

10. What noises from Gareth interrupt Gwendy and Adesh as they confer on the way to the space station?

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