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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. In the novel, the life of the universe is compressed into a year. In that year, which of the following happens in the final second of the year?
(a) Neptune.
(b) Ammonite.
(c) Pluto.
(d) Uranus.

2. From which of the following does a member of the station crew hail?
(a) Osaka.
(b) Yokohama.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Nagoya.

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

4. Who cleans the Russian toilet?
(a) Shaun.
(b) Pietro.
(c) Anton.
(d) Roman.

5. Therese asks Roman if he ever feels what?
(a) Crestfallen.
(b) Exhausted.
(c) Exuberant.
(d) Coruscating.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following sleeps with a smile?

2. To which of the following is Pietro compared?

3. Which of the following does the novel juxtapose with exhilaration?

4. What kind of candy does Pietro note having had as a child?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do station crew have trouble moving their limbs?

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

5. Why do station crew retrieve orbital litter?

6. What does the novel note shapes the planet?

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

8. Why is the southern tip of Spain reflective?

9. Why had Nell’s husband sent her food?

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

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