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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does Chapter 40 begin?
(a) “Spoke 5.”
(b) “He stares at her, eyes slitted.”
(c) “The name of the funeral home is Broadview & Sons.”
(d) “Don’t tell me you actually believed that cock-and-bull story about ruling your own private world.”

2. With which of the following does Chapter 35 begin?
(a) “The Zoom meeting with the University of Maine faculty and staff goes well.”
(b) “She’s halfway around the outer corridor when Adesh Patel catches up with her.”
(c) “Day 4 on Many Flags.”
(d) “There are four of them at the table when Gareth Winston bounce-walks his way into the cafeteria.”

3. Which of the flight crew is last to enter the space station?
(a) Lundgren.
(b) Gareth.
(c) Black.
(d) Gwendy.

4. On which of the following insects does Gareth remark?
(a) Roaches.
(b) Flies.
(c) Crickets.
(d) Beetles.

5. With which of the following does Chapter 24 begin?
(a) “One by one they float through the hatch.”
(b) “While serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, Gwendy had had good connections.”
(c) “Gwendy gave up trying to believe there was nothing wrong with her on a spring day in 2024.”
(d) “Day 2 on Many Flags.”

6. Which of the following does Gareth reference as he threatens Gwendy?
(a) Plutarch.
(b) Virgil.
(c) Livy.
(d) Ovid.

7. What kind of scorpion is Boris?
(a) Emperor.
(b) German.
(c) Deathstalker.
(d) Nebo.

8. With which of the following does Chapter 34 begin?
(a) “Day 4 on Many Flags.”
(b) “Gwendy fires off a brief note to Charlotte Morgan.”
(c) “There are four of them at the table when Gareth Winston bounce-walks his way into the cafeteria.”
(d) “She’s halfway around the outer corridor when Adesh Patel catches up with her.”

9. With which of the following does Chapter 42 begin?
(a) “Gwendy fires off a brief note to Charlotte Morgan.”
(b) “Spoke 5.”
(c) “An hour later the nine remaining Eagle Heavy crew members are sitting in the conference room.”
(d) “He stares at her, eyes slitted.”

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

11. As which of the following does Gwendy note she and Gareth are referenced in flight crew documents?
(a) Kittens.
(b) Geese.
(c) Queens.
(d) Hens.

12. From which of the following does Charlotte pull cell phone footage of Derry for Gwendy?
(a) Vernon Beeson.
(b) Justin Thurman.
(c) Douglas Bringham.
(d) Ryan Brown.

13. What nickname did the subject of interrogation in Derry carry in elementary school?
(a) Jack.
(b) Warthog.
(c) Javelina.
(d) Aardvark.

14. With which of the following does Chapter 28 begin?
(a) “Gwendy blows by a couple of sweatpant-wearing, AirPod-equipped Chinese women halfway around the rim.”
(b) “Day 3 on Many Flags.”
(c) “And now the time has come to do that.”
(d) “There’s a small conference room in Spoke 1.”

15. With which of the following does Chapter 38 begin?
(a) “Don’t tell me you actually believed that cock-and-bull story about ruling your own private world.”
(b) “Day 5 on Many Flags.”
(c) “The name of the funeral home is Broadview & Sons.”
(d) “The Zoom meeting with the University of Maine faculty and staff goes well.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the flight crew is first to enter the space station?

2. For which newspaper was Gwendy writing when she became unable to ignore her symptoms?

3. With which of the following does Chapter 33 begin?

4. With which of the following does Gwendy have a teleconference after her post-assessment exercise?

5. With which of the following does Chapter 29 begin?

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