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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From which of the following does a member of the station crew hail?
(a) Volgograd.
(b) St. Petersburg.
(c) Kaliningrad.
(d) Vyborg.

2. Which of the following is the *first* to arrive at the station?
(a) Shaun.
(b) Nell.
(c) Pietro.
(d) Roman.

3. Which of the following does the novel juxtapose with exhilaration?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Anger.
(c) Despair.
(d) Depression.

4. To how many seconds are station crew asked to count?
(a) 105.
(b) 120.
(c) 75.
(d) 90.

5. Approximately how many miles above the earth is the station?
(a) 25.
(b) 250.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 2,500.

6. Over which country is the station noted to pass?
(a) Grenada.
(b) Aruba.
(c) Curaçao.
(d) Cuba.

7. Approximately how many hours had Nell spent spacewalking with Pietro?
(a) 9.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

8. In what season had Therese’s husband died?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Autumn.

9. Over which of the following is the station noted to pass?
(a) Nuremberg.
(b) Leipzig.
(c) Dresden.
(d) Berlin.

10. In the novel, the life of the universe is compressed into a year. In that year, on what day did the dinosaurs go extinct?
(a) New Year’s Eve.
(b) Michaelmas.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Boxing Day.

11. In the novel, the life of the universe is compressed into a year. In that year, which of the following happens in the final second of the year?
(a) Pluto.
(b) Neptune.
(c) Uranus.
(d) Ammonite.

12. What kind of candy does Pietro note having had as a child?
(a) Horehound.
(b) Bit-o-Honey.
(c) Galatine.
(d) Jolly Ranchers.

13. Which of the following graces the wall of the Russian quarters?
(a) Savitskaya.
(b) Tereshkova.
(c) Gagarin.
(d) Leonov.

14. To which of the following is cosmic radiation compared?
(a) Snails.
(b) Puppy-dogs’ tails.
(c) Little boys.
(d) Snakes.

15. To which of the following is the sun compared?
(a) A phoenix.
(b) A griffin.
(c) A leviathan.
(d) A dragon.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which of the following does a member of the station crew hail?

2. After what tool do station crew reach in vain?

3. What color square is used to test the station crew’s sense of time?

4. Over which desert is the station noted to pass?

5. In which of the following are station crew reported to have trained?

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