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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Front Matter and Orbits -1 through 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does the novel begin?
(a) “Rotating about the earth in their spacecraft they are so together, and so alone, that even their thoughts, their internal mythologies, at times convene.”
(b) “Like the wingbeat of an immeasurably small bird.”
(c) “Its light is an ensemble of a trillion things which rally and unify for a few short moments before falling back into the rin-tin-tin and jumbled tumbling of static galactic woodwind rainforest trance of a wild and lilting world.”
(d) “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

2. What do the station crew note eating in space?
(a) Rambutan.
(b) Ratatouille.
(c) Rigatoni.
(d) Risotto.

3. At the beginning of the novel, how many days has Roman been in space total?
(a) 88.
(b) 540.
(c) 4,320.
(d) 434.

4. How many orbits does the station make of the earth in a day?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 18.
(d) 14.

5. Which of the following shows itself to Roman when he first wakes in the novel?
(a) Durban.
(b) Bloemfontein.
(c) Pretoria.
(d) Cape Town.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what constellation does Anton fix his consideration?

2. How many people crew the moon mission?

3. On what day of the week does the novel begin?

4. In what river does Chie note having swam as a child?

5. What do the station crew note eating in space?

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