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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. When was the episode of Shooting Stars first aired that closes Chapter 3?
2. What does Calvin buy at the store where he meets Deb in the Lower East Side in Chapter 1?
3. What season and episode of Shooting Stars is featured in the end of Chapter 6?
4. When did NASA pick its first astronauts for the Orpheus mission, according to Cal in Chapter 2?
5. What news outlet picked up Cal's article about NASA buying every house on the market in Clear Lake?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Donna Szleifer? What does she say to Cal at the party in Chapter 9?
2. Describe Cal's dad. What has his career been like until the opening of the novel? How does it change?
3. How does Cal know Deb?
4. Who does Cal interview at NASA in Chapter 12? Why does this become important?
5. Where does Cal spend time with Leon at the party in Chapter 9? Why?
6. Why does Cal become upset over a message in Chapter 8?
7. Who is Mark Bannon in the novel?
8. What is Cal's social media outlet, and what is his standing in the beginning of the novel?
9. Why does Cal feel his family is inadequate as a NASA family?
10. Where do Cal and Leon kiss for the first time? What happens after they kiss?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the topic of mental health as it is depicted in the novel. What characters struggle with mental health? How? What ways do these characters seek to improve their mental health? What do you think the author's intentions are in addressing this topic?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Cal's actions against StarWatch in The Gravity of Us. Why does Cal take offense at StarWatch and the way the network portrays the astronauts and their families? Who does Cal solicit to help him expose StarWatch? What becomes of StarWatch at the end of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of old versus new media in The Gravity of Us. What symbolism relates to this theme? What statement(s) do you think the author is making about new media? How are new and old media juxtaposed in the narrative?
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