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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 do the station crew note missing?
(a) Deviled ham.
(b) Fried potatoes.
(c) Roast potatoes.
(d) Roast beef.

2. To which of the following does Nell recall traveling?
(a) Bloemfontein.
(b) Pretoria.
(c) Cape Town.
(d) Johannesburg.

3. Where does Anton find a lump?
(a) Armpit.
(b) Neck.
(c) Groin.
(d) Instep.

4. To which of the following does Nell compare a spacewalk?
(a) Parachuting.
(b) Surfing.
(c) Bungee-jumping.
(d) Skateboarding.

5. Over which country is the station noted to pass?
(a) Grenada.
(b) Aruba.
(c) Curaçao.
(d) Cuba.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To which of the following are the station crew compared by mission control?

3. Which of the following graces the wall of the Russian quarters?

4. Which of the following had Nell’s husband sent up to the station?

5. Which of the following inspects the station’s bacteria filters?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is the southern tip of Spain reflective?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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