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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. What kind of atlas does Shaun note?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Rand McNally.
(c) Collins Bartholomew.
(d) Geographia.

2. How many connecting modules compose the station?
(a) 17.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 19.

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

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

5. How many orbits of the earth is the moon mission set to make?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month is the novel set?

2. Who is the artist of Las Meninas?

3. How wide is the spectrometer’s survey area?

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

5. Whom does the novel credit with designing the map at its beginning?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Anton persistently tired?

5. Why does the fisherman not flee from the typhoon?

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

7. How does the novel describe the beginning of the typhoon?

8. What cardiovascular effects are noted on the station crew?

9. To what does the novel compare the experience of traveling from earth to the station?

10. Why had the moon mission astronauts been treated to a special meal on their last night on earth?

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