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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following is the name of Adesh's tarantula?

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

5. With which of the following does Chapter 4 begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Gwendy receive about Ryan's death from an anonymous caller?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why is Adesh granted a private cabin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider Stephen King’s eminence in the literary culture of the United States in the later twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Does the current novel contribute to or detract from that eminence? How so?

Essay Topic 2

The novel makes much of the price required for the use of the puzzle-box. Does the novel consider that cost worth paying? What in the text suggests as much, and how?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

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