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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) “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
(b) “Rotating about the earth in their spacecraft they are so together, and so alone, that even their thoughts, their internal mythologies, at times convene.”
(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) “Like the wingbeat of an immeasurably small bird.”

2. Which constellation does Roman notice?
(a) Sagittarius.
(b) Seven Sisters.
(c) Scorpius.
(d) Boötes.

3. Which of the following does Shaun see when he first wakes in the novel?
(a) Djibouti.
(b) Yemen.
(c) Oman.
(d) Eritrea.

4. To what time are the station’s clocks set?
(a) US Eastern Time.
(b) Greenwich Meridian Time.
(c) Coordinated Universal Time.
(d) International Atomic Time.

5. Approximately how many miles is the moon from the earth in the novel?
(a) 350,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 300,000.
(d) 200,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sweet does Anton favor?

3. Which birds are observed by the Antarctic researchers in the novel?

4. Which of the following was fed to the moon mission astronauts on their last night on earth?

5. How much did the fisherman’s knife cost?

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