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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season and episode of Shooting Stars appears in the end of Chapter 18?

2. What emojis are featured in the text Cal receives from Leon in the opening of Chapter 14?

3. What model of spacecraft does Cal describe his father taking out from storage in Chapter 17?

4. Where does Carmela say her parents immigrated to the U.S. from?

5. What caused the death of Cal's maternal aunt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What launch does Cal go to observe in Chapter 18? Why is it important?

2. What cassette tape does Cal find in his room in Chapter 25? What does it signify?

3. What has been the public response to Cal's video in Chapter 27?

4. Why do Cal and his mother go to the Tucker house in Chapter 14?

5. Who does Cal interview second at NASA in Chapter 24? What does this interview reveal?

6. What does Cal's mom say to him about fixing people or situations in Chapter 25?

7. What news do Cal and Leon learn while they are out together in Chapter 16? What does this news mean?

8. Who does Cal interview first at NASA in Chapter 24? What does this character talk about?

9. How is Cal's fame described on the Shooting Stars finale in Chapter 21?

10. What does Kiara say to Cal at the airport in Chapter 18?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss Cal's relationship with Leon in The Gravity of Us. How do Leon and Cal meet? What are their first impressions of one another? How does their relationship evolve in the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the characters or Josh and Kiara in the novel. What do these characters represent symbolically? In what ways do they serve as antagonists in the story? How do these characters evolve?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the plot structure of The Gravity of Us. What is the inciting action of the plot? Where does the climax occur? What information is revealed in the falling action and denouement of the narrative?

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