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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Orbits 14 through 16 and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following do the station crew note missing?
(a) Deviled ham.
(b) Roast potatoes.
(c) Fried potatoes.
(d) Roast beef.

2. In which of the following are station crew reported to have trained?
(a) Quarries.
(b) Canyons.
(c) Caves.
(d) Hills.

3. In the novel, the life of the universe is compressed into a year. In that year, on what date is the Milky Way formed?
(a) May 14.
(b) June 13.
(c) April 15.
(d) March 16.

4. How does the novel gloss the term Las Meninas?
(a) The queens of court.
(b) The women of the world.
(c) The damsels in distress.
(d) The ladies in waiting.

5. Pieces of which of the following craft are noted as being in orbit?
(a) Galileo.
(b) Pioneer.
(c) Sputnik.
(d) Voyager.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does Nell compare a spacewalk?

2. How many hours long is station’s night?

3. At what time does the moon mission launch?

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

5. In the novel, the life of the universe is compressed into a year. In that year, on what day did the dinosaurs go extinct?

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