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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For which of the following does Pietro look?
(a) Vesuvius.
(b) Etna.
(c) Olympus.
(d) Mt. St. Helens.

2. In what river does Chie note having swam as a child?
(a) Abukuma.
(b) Shinano.
(c) Tone.
(d) Nagara.

3. What is smeared on scissors on the station?
(a) Strawberry.
(b) Vanilla.
(c) Cinnamon.
(d) Chocolate.

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

5. Which exercise equipment does Roman use?
(a) Bike.
(b) Bench press.
(c) Treadmill.
(d) Rowing machine.

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

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

8. Which of the following was fed to the moon mission astronauts on their last night on earth?
(a) Brisket.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Pulled pork.
(d) Ribs.

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

10. Whom does the novel credit with designing the map at its beginning?
(a) Emma Lopes.
(b) Samantha Harvey.
(c) Yaro Savelyeva.
(d) Dan Franklin.

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

12. Who is the artist of Las Meninas?
(a) Ramirez.
(b) Picasso.
(c) Gutierrez.
(d) Velázquez.

13. Which birds are observed by the Antarctic researchers in the novel?
(a) Ostriches.
(b) Penguins.
(c) Albatrosses.
(d) Terns.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the novel, how many days has Roman been in space on his current mission?

2. Shaun has trouble recalling the boundaries of what country?

3. At what time does Shaun first wake in the novel?

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

5. In what year did Collins take his photograph?

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