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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Shaun has trouble recalling the boundaries of what country?
(a) Slovenia.
(b) North Macedonia.
(c) Montenegro.
(d) Croatia.

2. How old is Shaun when he encounters Las Meninas?
(a) 16.
(b) 17.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.

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

4. How wide is the spectrometer’s survey area?
(a) 70mm.
(b) 70km.
(c) 70ft.
(d) 70mi.

5. To which of the following is space compared?
(a) Pallas cat.
(b) Pard.
(c) Puma.
(d) Panther.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following does the novel begin?

2. Which of the following do station crew members note wishing for?

3. Over what body of water does the station pass?

4. How many seconds less than someone on earth does a member of the station crew age in six months?

5. Which exercise equipment does Anton use?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shaun report watching the first moon landing?

2. Why are the station crew advised to anchor themselves in time?

3. Where do lost things on the station go, and why?

4. Why must the station crew exercise for hours daily?

5. How does Pietro regard being an astronaut?

6. What question does Shaun’s teacher ask about Las Meninas?

7. Why does the station boast a Happy Birthday banner?

8. What, per the novel, underlies the desire never to leave the station among its crew?

9. What question does the novel posit aliens might ask about the presence of the station and missions on it?

10. How are the cells with which Anton and Roman work derived?

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