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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23 through 33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which of the following does Gwendy compare the flight control system?
(a) Frankenstein.
(b) HAL-9000.
(c) Robbie.
(d) Marius.

2. To which of the following does Gwendy compare Gareth?
(a) Ronald McDonald.
(b) Pillsbury Doughboy.
(c) Daddy Warbucks.
(d) Lefty.

3. With which of the following does Chapter 10 begin?
(a) “Outside the porthole nearest to Gwendy, the sky is now dark.”
(b) “Eight men and two women walk in a line along the right side of the Tet control center.”
(c) “Of course the opposition was laying for her.”
(d) “It’s a beautiful April day in Playalinda, Florida, not far from Cape Canaveral.”

4. With what Senate committee does Gwendy meet via Zoom while on the space station?
(a) Armed Services.
(b) Judiciary.
(c) Health and Human Services.
(d) Ways and Means.

5. With which of the following does Chapter 15 begin?
(a) “The morning after Richard Farris’s surprise Thanksgiving visit dawned clear and cold in the town of Castle Rock, Maine.”
(b) “A plague…from China?”
(c) “Bern Stapleton hands the iPad back to Jafari Bankole.”
(d) “‘I only got there right at the end,’ Adesh says, keeping his voice low, ‘but it sounded like you were whimpering.’”

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gwendy note having first met Harris?

2. How many days does the flight crew spend in quarantine before boarding the spacecraft?

3. With which of the following does Chapter 24 begin?

4. Approximately how much money would be lost if the space flight were canceled?

5. Which of the following Biblical figures does Gwendy reference in the lead-up to launch?

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