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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 10 begin?
(a) “Of course the opposition was laying for her.”
(b) “It’s a beautiful April day in Playalinda, Florida, not far from Cape Canaveral.”
(c) “Eight men and two women walk in a line along the right side of the Tet control center.”
(d) “Outside the porthole nearest to Gwendy, the sky is now dark.”

2. With which of the following does Chapter 12 begin?
(a) “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.”
(b) “A plague…from China?”
(c) “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.”
(d) “‘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.”

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

4. In which facility does Gwendy's father reside?
(a) River Rock Glen Nursing Home.
(b) Castle Rock Glen Nursing Home.
(c) Castle Rock Meadows Nursing Home.
(d) River Rock Meadows Nursing Home.

5. Which of the following does Graves call Lundgren?
(a) Jessie.
(b) Woody.
(c) BoPeep.
(d) Buzz.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the *name* of Gwendy's father's dog?

3. How many cabins does the flight vehicle feature?

4. What "wonder" does Gwendy note the rivers yielded in the mid 20th century?

5. On what spoke of the station are the Chinese?

Short Essay Questions

1. What connection do the Brighams have to the launch?

2. Summarize the game "Mermaids."

3. What is the advice Gwendy's political mentor gave her about dealing with distasteful people?

4. What accounts for Gwendy's name?

5. What is Gwendy's official position on the space mission?

6. What argument does Pete Riley initially attempt to convince Gwendy to run for Senate?

7. What protections have been put in place around Gwendy's home in the wake of the fire?

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

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

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

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