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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. Approximately how many miles is the moon from the earth in the novel?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 350,000.
(c) 250,000.
(d) 200,000.

2. Which of the following does Shaun report having had on a poster?
(a) Endeavor.
(b) Atlantis.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Challenger.

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

4. Who is the artist of Las Meninas?
(a) Picasso.
(b) Gutierrez.
(c) Velázquez.
(d) Ramirez.

5. Which of the following receives an evacuation order in the novel?
(a) The Philippines.
(b) The Canaries.
(c) The Bahamas.
(d) The Azores.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the station crew note eating in space?

2. Which of the following does Nell eat for lunch?

3. How does the novel gloss the term Las Meninas?

4. How many people crew the moon mission?

5. Over which of the following does the station pass?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Anton posit his brain repeats dreams?

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

3. Why does Chie, in particular, hesitate to leave the station?

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

5. Per the novel, why were the Voyager probes sent out?

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

7. What are the normal topics of conversation among the station crew?

8. Why is Shaun not surprised his wife remembers their teacher’s discussion of Las Meninas?

9. Why are the station crew not allowed new underwear daily?

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

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