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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of atlas does Shaun note?
(a) Geographia.
(b) Collins Bartholomew.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Rand McNally.

2. How many orbits does the station make of the earth in a day?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 18.
(d) 12.

3. On what island had Pietro honeymooned?
(a) Maui.
(b) St. Croix.
(c) Fiji.
(d) Samar.

4. Which of the following does Chie list as reassuring?
(a) Pumpkins.
(b) Zucchini.
(c) Cucumbers.
(d) Chayote.

5. At what time does Shaun first wake in the novel?
(a) 6am.
(b) 12pm.
(c) 6pm.
(d) 12am.

6. On what day of the week had Chie reported her mother’s death to hew crewmates?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Friday.

7. Over which of the following does the station pass?
(a) Madeira.
(b) Gran Canaria.
(c) Ibiza.
(d) Azores.

8. Approximately how many months long is each crew member’s mission?
(a) 3.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.

9. Which of the following shows itself to Roman when he first wakes in the novel?
(a) Durban.
(b) Cape Town.
(c) Bloemfontein.
(d) Pretoria.

10. Over what body of water does the station pass?
(a) Sea of Marmara.
(b) Sea of Okhotsk.
(c) Aral Sea.
(d) Kara Sea.

11. Which of the following did the station crew eat in celebration of the moon mission launching?
(a) Aspic.
(b) Jell-o.
(c) Custard.
(d) Ice cream.

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

13. To whose music does Pietro listen?
(a) Count Basie.
(b) Duke Ellington.
(c) Benny Goodman.
(d) Glenn Miller.

14. What do the station crew note eating in space?
(a) Rigatoni.
(b) Rambutan.
(c) Ratatouille.
(d) Risotto.

15. Shaun has trouble recalling the boundaries of what country?
(a) Montenegro.
(b) Croatia.
(c) Slovenia.
(d) North Macedonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many orbits of the earth is the moon mission set to make?

2. Which of the following appears to the station?

3. To which of the following is space compared?

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

5. With which of the following does the novel begin?

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