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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. Over which of the following is the station noted to pass?
(a) Luanda.
(b) Kinshasa.
(c) Pointe-Noire.
(d) Libreville.

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

3. Over which desert is the station noted to pass?
(a) Katpana.
(b) Gobi.
(c) Cholistan.
(d) Karakum.

4. At what time do the station crew wake after watching their movie?
(a) 1:30 p.m.
(b) 7:30 a.m.
(c) 7:30 p.m.
(d) 1:30 a.m.

5. From which of the following does a member of the station crew hail?
(a) Bologna.
(b) Rome.
(c) Naples.
(d) Venice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What maker of watch is reported among the station crew?

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

3. The station crew provide samples of what for the flight surgeon to analyze?

4. To which of the following does Nell compare a spacewalk?

5. What game do Roman and Anton play together?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shaun note is the only thing that humans can do other animals cannot?

2. What does the novel posit as the fate of the earth?

3. Why do the station crew disregard the signs restricting toilet use on the station?

4. Why does the nighttime view of the earth attract the station crew’s attention?

5. Why does Anton conceal the lump he finds on himself?

6. What does Pietro note the fisherman’s children know that their parents do not know or do not care to know?

7. Why are the station crew glad surveillance is stopped at night?

8. Why is the southern tip of Spain reflective?

9. Why does the daytime view of the earth attract the station crew’s attention?

10. What is the station crew’s reaction to the realization that they are, at root, data for future missions?

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