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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Orbits 10 through 13.

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 of the following did the station crew eat in celebration of the moon mission launching?
(a) Peach cobbler.
(b) Carrot cake.
(c) Cherry crumble.
(d) Apple pie.

3. What do the station crew note eating in space?
(a) Chicken cassoulet.
(b) Seafood gumbo.
(c) Beef pot pie.
(d) Pörkölt.

4. Which of the following does Shaun eat for lunch?
(a) Brisket.
(b) Pulled pork.
(c) Ribs.
(d) Turkey.

5. Which of the following graces the wall of the Russian quarters?
(a) Savitskaya.
(b) Leonov.
(c) Gagarin.
(d) Tereshkova.

Short Answer Questions

1. Over which country is the station noted to pass?

2. Over which of the following is the station noted to pass?

3. Which of the following receives an evacuation order in the novel?

4. Over which desert is the station noted to pass?

5. Which of the following does the novel juxtapose with rapture?

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