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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) Berlin.
(b) Dresden.
(c) Leipzig.
(d) Nuremberg.

2. In which of the following are station crew reported to have trained?
(a) Jungles.
(b) Deserts.
(c) Swamps.
(d) Tundra.

3. Over which of the following is the station noted to pass?
(a) Cape Canaveral.
(b) Cape Fear.
(c) Cape of Good Hope.
(d) Cape Horn.

4. What piece of equipment does Nell install with Pietro?
(a) Spectrometer.
(b) Tachometer.
(c) Dosimeter.
(d) Thermometer.

5. Which of the following does the novel juxtapose with hope?
(a) Despair.
(b) Anger.
(c) Depression.
(d) Anxiety.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what shape is the whistle the fisherman’s children give Pietro for his own child?

2. Which of the following epithets is applied to humanity?

3. Over what salt flats is the station noted to pass?

4. In which of the following are station crew reported to have trained?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do station crew retrieve orbital litter?

4. Why do the station crew turn somersaults?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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