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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Roman live?
(a) Yekaterinburg.
(b) St. Petersburg.
(c) Kazin.
(d) Moscow.

2. Which of the following receives an evacuation order in the novel?
(a) The Azores.
(b) The Philippines.
(c) The Canaries.
(d) The Bahamas.

3. Which of the following does Chie list as irritating?
(a) The Trumps.
(b) The Kennedys.
(c) The Bushes.
(d) The Clintons.

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

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

6. At the beginning of the novel, how many days has Roman been in space total?
(a) 4,320.
(b) 540.
(c) 88.
(d) 434.

7. How much did the fisherman’s knife cost?
(a) $20.
(b) $25.
(c) $10.
(d) $15.

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

9. 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) “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.”
(c) “Rotating about the earth in their spacecraft they are so together, and so alone, that even their thoughts, their internal mythologies, at times convene.”
(d) “Like the wingbeat of an immeasurably small bird.”

10. What is the primary direction of the station’s orbit?
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) South.

11. Over which of the following is the station noted to pass?
(a) Antigua.
(b) Kosrae.
(c) Vanuatu.
(d) Socotra.

12. At what time does the moon mission launch?
(a) 5 p.m.
(b) 11 a.m.
(c) 11 p.m.
(d) 5 a.m.

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

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

15. Which of the following becomes more likely for a station crew member than a person on earth?
(a) Kidney stones.
(b) Gout.
(c) Acne.
(d) Gall stones.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the novel equate to “wow”?

2. How many people crew the moon mission?

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

4. To what time are the station’s clocks set?

5. Approximately how many miles is the moon from the earth in the novel?

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