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

2. To which of the following are the station crew compared by mission control?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Cats.
(c) Birds.
(d) Lizards.

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

4. Which of the following does Chie list as maddening?
(a) A bird in the hand.
(b) Some dust in the wind.
(c) A fly in the eye.
(d) A kick in the head.

5. In the novel, the life of the universe is compressed into a year. In that year, on what date is the Milky Way formed?
(a) May 14.
(b) March 16.
(c) April 15.
(d) June 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the novel juxtapose with hope?

2. Where does Anton find a lump?

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

4. Over which desert is the station noted to pass?

5. Who cleans the Russian toilet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are there signs restricting toilet use on the station?

2. To what does Roman ascribe the feeling of déjà vu station crew have for spacewalking?

3. Why does Anton bring crackers and salt to the station?

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

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

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

7. How are station crew advised to acclimate themselves to spacewalks?

8. Why do the station crew eschew reading the news?

9. Why do the station crew turn somersaults?

10. What problem does Roman identify in America and the rest of the world?

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