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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Orbits 4 and 5.

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. How many orbits of the earth is the moon mission set to make?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

3. To which of the following does Nell credit her fixation on space travel?
(a) Endeavor.
(b) Atlantis.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Challenger.

4. Which of the following does the novel equate to “wow”?
(a) A la la.
(b) Ofiget.
(c) Vau.
(d) Maii.

5. For which of the following does Pietro look?
(a) Mt. St. Helens.
(b) Olympus.
(c) Vesuvius.
(d) Etna.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following becomes more likely for a station crew member than a person on earth?

2. At what time of day does the novel begin?

3. Which of the following does Shaun report having had on a poster?

4. Which of the following did the station crew eat in celebration of the moon mission launching?

5. In what month is the novel set?

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