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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. To the treatment of what is Anton’s treatment of his experimental cells compared?
(a) Electrical wiring.
(b) Janitorial work.
(c) Plumbing.
(d) Carpentry.

2. With which of the following does the novel begin?
(a) “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
(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) “Rotating about the earth in their spacecraft they are so together, and so alone, that even their thoughts, their internal mythologies, at times convene.”

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

4. How many continents does the novel note the station can expect to see in a day?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

5. Who is the artist of Las Meninas?
(a) Picasso.
(b) Ramirez.
(c) Gutierrez.
(d) Velázquez.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is noted in the novel as a way to say “hello”?

2. At what time does Shaun first wake in the novel?

3. To which of the following is space compared?

4. At the beginning of the novel, how many days has Roman been in space on his current mission?

5. How many orbits does the station make of the earth in a day?

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