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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Leon have a budding career in before he was forced to relocate for his mother's job?
(a) Journalism.
(b) Directing.
(c) Gymnastics.
(d) Acting.

2. How do Leon and Cal get home after leaving the NASA building in Chapter 12?
(a) By cab.
(b) Cal drives them home.
(c) By train.
(d) By bus.

3. How many viewers does Cal describe watching his weekly update live in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) 80,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 1.2 million.

4. How many humans will be setting foot on Mars as part of the Orpheus project, according to Cal in Chapter 1?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

5. What season and episode of Shooting Stars closes out Chapter 3?
(a) Season 2; Episode 3.
(b) Season 1; Episode 4.
(c) Season 1; Episode 5.
(d) Season 1; Episode 10.

6. In what Brooklyn neighborhood does Deb work in Chapter 7?
(a) Park Slope.
(b) DUMBO.
(c) Bed-Stuy.
(d) Bensonhurst.

7. What is the setting of Chapter 8?
(a) The community garden.
(b) The Tucker home.
(c) NASA headquarters.
(d) The Lewis Home.

8. Where does Cal go after learning about the plane crash in Chapter 13?
(a) To Leon's house.
(b) To Deb's apartment.
(c) To his father's office.
(d) To Shannon's house.

9. What is Donna Szleifer's position at NASA?
(a) The is a rocket engineer.
(b) She is a soil scientist.
(c) She is the deputy social media manager.
(d) She is the head of the board of supervisors.

10. Who is the reporter from KHOU-TV that interviews Cal in his driveway in Chapter 6?
(a) Gracie Bennett.
(b) Becca Lewis.
(c) Emily Swanson.
(d) Grace Tucker.

11. How long is the car ride from Brooklyn to Clear Lake described as in Chapter 5?
(a) 12 hours.
(b) 32 hours.
(c) 16 hours.
(d) 24 hours.

12. For what commercial airline has Cal's father been working as a pilot?
(a) American Airlines.
(b) Southwest Airlines.
(c) Delta.
(d) Pan-Am.

13. Who is Orpheus's father in mythology?
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Thor.
(d) Ares.

14. Where does Kiara say she is from in Chapter 8?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Queens.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Florida.

15. Where does Cal say his father just flew back from in Chapter 1?
(a) Houston.
(b) Cape Canaveral.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Las Vegas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cal say to Leon in the end of Chapter 13 (131)?

2. What train does Cal exit in Times Square in Chapter 1?

3. Where does Brendan take Leon and Cal to meet back up with Donna in Chapter 12?

4. Who was the first African American female astronaut?

5. To what floor does Leon take Cal in the beginning of Chapter 11?

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