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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. Which of the following sleeps with a smile?
(a) Roman.
(b) Shaun.
(c) Pietro.
(d) Nell.

2. In the novel, the life of the universe is compressed into a year. In that year, on what day did the dinosaurs go extinct?
(a) Michaelmas.
(b) Boxing Day.
(c) New Year’s Eve.
(d) Christmas.

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

4. 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) March 16.
(b) June 13.
(c) May 14.
(d) April 15.

5. Which of the following do the station crew note missing?
(a) Fritters.
(b) Doughnuts.
(c) Biscuits.
(d) Beignets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What piece of equipment does Nell install with Pietro?

2. To what fruit does Anton compare his lump?

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

4. How does the novel gloss “zabudem, ladno”?

5. Over which of the following is the station noted to pass?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nell find when vacuuming the air vents?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Chie note as the most common fate of dagashiya?

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

10. What does the novel note shapes the planet?

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