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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. How long is the car ride from Brooklyn to Clear Lake described as in Chapter 5?
2. In what spacecraft did the first African American female astronaut go to space?
3. Where is Cal supposed to start an internship next week in Chapter 3?
4. Where does Cal go after learning about the plane crash in Chapter 13?
5. How tall is Mark Bannon described as in Chapter 9?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why would Cal's career ambitions be threatened if his father were accepted at NASA?
2. Where does Cal spend time with Leon at the party in Chapter 9? Why?
3. Who is Jeremy and what role does he play in the novel?
4. How does the theme of selfishness play out through the character of Cal's father?
5. How does Cal describe the way he is perceived by others in the opening of the novel?
6. Who is Mark Bannon in the novel?
7. What is StarWatch, and how would you compare it to contemporary media?
8. Where does Cal meet Deb in Chapter 1? Why is this setting noteworthy?
9. What item of clothing does Cal restrain from wearing in Texas on most occasions? Why?
10. How do Cal and Leon differ in their perspectives of the future?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and discuss Cal's relationship with Deb. How do Cal and Deb know one another? How is their history described? How does their relationship change in the course of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and discuss Cal's character arc in The Gravity of Us. How does Cal change from the beginning of the novel to the end? What events and characters evoke these changes? How has Cal's perspective evolved in the course of the story?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss three examples of foreshadowing in the novel. What event is foreshadowed? How does the author indicate this event? Does the author make use of red herrings in the narrative? How do these examples serve the text?
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