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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The station crew provide samples of what for the flight surgeon to analyze?
(a) Dandruff.
(b) Bile.
(c) Blood.
(d) Choler.

2. Which of the following does Shaun think will know more about the future of humanity than he?
(a) A financier.
(b) A film-maker.
(c) A writer.
(d) A taxi driver.

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

4. From which of the following does a member of the station crew hail?
(a) Walla Walla.
(b) Olympia.
(c) Tacoma.
(d) Seattle.

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

6. Which island is noted to suffer from the typhoon’s storm surge?
(a) Guam.
(b) Tinian.
(c) Aguijan.
(d) Rota.

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

8. Which of the following is the *last* to arrive at the station?
(a) Anton.
(b) Chie.
(c) Nell.
(d) Pietro.

9. To which of the following is Pietro compared?
(a) Luke Skywalker.
(b) James T. Kirk.
(c) Buck Rogers.
(d) Buzz Lightyear.

10. In what shape is the whistle the fisherman’s children give Pietro for his own child?
(a) Camel.
(b) Elephant.
(c) Donkey.
(d) Ox.

11. Which of the following epithets is applied to humanity?
(a) The bullies of bullocks.
(b) The bombards of bucks.
(c) The ballast of bards.
(d) The binders of books.

12. Which of the following do Roman and Anton have in their stores?
(a) Borsch.
(b) Okroshka.
(c) Ukha.
(d) Shchi.

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

14. Over what salt flats is the station noted to pass?
(a) Tunisian.
(b) Salar de Uyuni.
(c) Bonneville.
(d) Laguna Salada.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where will the ashes of Chie’s mother be spread?

2. In the novel, the life of the universe is compressed into a year. In that year, on what day did the dinosaurs go extinct?

3. Who cleans the Russian toilet?

4. At what speed does the station fall?

5. To which of the following does the novel compare a sunrise?

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