In Ascension Quiz

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How deep is the hydrothermal vent? (from Part 1 Chapters 6 - 9)

10 kilometers, almost as deep as the Mariana Trench.

36 kilometers, deeper than the Mariana Trench.

24 kilometers, deeper than the Mariana Trench.

46 kilometers, deeper than the Mariana Trench.

What is Earth-loss? (from Part 4: Chapters 1 - 5)

A depression caused by climate change.

A paranoia the astronauts develop after they can no longer see earth that it has disappeared and they will never see it again.

The loss of senses in space.

A sickness including rashes, depression and vomiting the astronauts experience once they can no longer see earth.

Where and how does Leigh have her first awakening? (from Part 1: Chapters 1 - 2 )

When she sees her mother crying at home and realizes she needs to leave.

Where her and her sister are playing in the woods as children and she realizes she will survive her father's violence.

Swimming in Nieuwe Maas bay as a girl, where she realizes she is not separate from the ocean.

When she leaves home and studies microorganisms in the Azores Islands and realizes they are the foundation of all life.

What are some of the training exercises Leigh endures for the Proscenium mission? (from Part 3: Chapters 1 - 7)

Being dropped form a plane into the ocean, working out for six hours a day, paragliding.

Having weights strapped all over her body and walking across a gym, diving in a replica of the ship, being dropped from a plane into the ocean.

Paragliding and having weights strapped all over her body and walking across a gym, working out for six hours a day.

Learning to fly the spaceship, diving in a replica of the ship and paragliding.

What happened to Uria after the loss of Nereus? (from Part 5: Chapters 1 - 6 & Oceana )

Wracked with guilt, she dies of cancer shortly afterward.

She quits the Institute and retires to spend time with her daughter and granddaughter.

She gets arrested for her part in the mission.

She continues to work at the Institute, preparing for the next space mission.