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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does II end?
(a) “Sorry. Yes. Very close. Time’s up.”
(b) “Yes. I’m sorry.”
(c) “Then in the morning we sat in the sand and drank our tea and watched the sun come up.”
(d) “Salvaged out of a bleak sea of the incomputable. Time’s up.”

2. What is the name of the interlocutor’s wife?
(a) Edna.
(b) Edwina.
(c) Edith.
(d) Edie.

3. With whom did the protagonist work on violin harmonics?
(a) Ida Haendel.
(b) Carleen Hutchins.
(c) Quincy Whitney.
(d) Batya MacAdam-Somer.

4. How many bathtubs is Los Alamos reported to have?
(a) 70.
(b) 8000.
(c) 600.
(d) 5.

5. What color does the protagonist suggest she wear to discuss dreams?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does the protagonist give to the “presence beyond the gate” (106)?

2. Which of the following admits the protagonist to Stella Maris?

3. With which of the following does II begin?

4. Which of the following astronomers does the protagonist report admiring?

5. How old was the protagonist when her father died?

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