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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. At what time of day does the novel begin?
(a) 4:15 p.m.
(b) 10:15 a.m.
(c) 10:15 p.m.
(d) 4:15 a.m.

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

9. What sweet does Anton favor?
(a) Alenka.
(b) Zefir.
(c) Korovka.
(d) Lastochka.

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

11. Which constellation does Roman notice?
(a) Scorpius.
(b) Seven Sisters.
(c) Sagittarius.
(d) Boötes.

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

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

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

15. 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.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is noted in the novel as a way to say “hello”?

2. Approximately how many months long is each crew member’s mission?

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

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

5. Which exercise equipment does Roman use?

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