Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Reading Comprehension Quizzes and Answer Keys

Evaluate reading comprehension and eliminate take-home grading with this bundle of quizzes and answer keys covering Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (148 plot-based questions total). Ideal for high school science fiction units, the assessments also may serve as guided reading worksheets, in-class review activities, and independent test prep resources. Whether used as formative assessments, homework assignments, or reading comprehension checks, these digital quizzes will keep students on task and accountable. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a self-grading bundle option is available.) Information on each individual assessment follows:

Chapters 1-3. Questions on this quiz pertain to the following key details:

• The computer's line of questioning

• Why the protagonist suspects he is no longer on Earth

• What happened to the protagonist's crew mates

• The protagonist's previous career

• The discovery of the Petrova dots

• Why Eva Stratt chose the protagonist to study the Petrova dots

• The nature of Astrophage

• The main threat to humanity's survival

• Materials used to create a pendulum

• A definition of "Petrova line"

• How crew members were tended to during their long-term coma

Chapters 4-6. Questions on this quiz pertain to the following key details:

• Astrophage's internal temperature

• Why the mission is a "one-way ticket"

• The Bruce Banner Test

• The composition of Astrophage

• Climatologists' warnings

• The speed of Astrophage's movement

• The names of probes sending data back to Earth

• Why Astrophage travels from the sun to Venus

• The protagonist's lab work

• The odds a person has the coma resistance gene

• The purpose of the induced comas

• The doubling time of Astrophage

• What distinguishes Tau Ceti from surrounding stars

• A surprising discovery

Chapters 7-9. Questions on this quiz pertain to the following key details:

• The designation of the alien spacecraft

• The size of the alien spacecraft

• How the Hail Mary and the alien spacecraft communicate

• What leads the protagonist to infer the aliens are very intelligent

• A distinct quality of the Hail Mary

• A flashback discussion between Eva Stratt and Dr. Lokken

• Dr. Lokken's assessment of Ryland Grace's paper

• What the aliens deliver to the protagonist

• The protagonist's collective name for the aliens

• What the protagonist infers about the aliens' motives

• What the protagonist infers about the aliens' home environment

• Why the protagonist is afraid as the alien spacecraft docks

• What the narrator hears from the other side of a wall

Chapters 10-12. Questions on this quiz pertain to the following key details:

• The purpose of xenonite

• The alien's nickname and its origin

• Physical characteristics of the alien

• Ryland's inference regarding how the alien perceives his environment

• The conversion of Earth seconds to Eridian seconds

• Legal complications related to Project Hail Mary

• Why Stratt has no personal concerns about legal consequences

• The numerical base of the Eridians

• The collaborative nature of the relationship between Ryland and the alien

• The number of crew members that traveled with the alien

• How the alien and members of his species seek comfort

Chapters 13-15. Questions on this quiz pertain to the following key details:

• Where Stratt and the protagonist go to visit Robert Redell

• The reason for the visit

• Redell's profession

• Redell's legal problems

• Dr. Lokken's conclusion about how Astrophage stores energy

• A climatologist's warning

• Stratt's order related to Antarctica

• The reason for this order

• Dr. Lamai's contribution to the Hail Mary mission

• How Rocky's crew members died

• Rocky's physical composition

• How Rocky ensures his safety while working closely with the protagonist

• Rocky's age in Earth years

Chapters 16-18. Questions on this quiz pertain to the following key details:

• Erid's gravity versus Earth's gravity

• How Rocky moves between the dormitory, lab, and control room

• Rocky's unique physiology

• The name of the third planet of Tau Ceti

• The inspiration for this name

• How the protagonist collects atmospheric life

• A crucial conclusion made by the protagonist about the third planet

• Stratt's firmness in terms of following rules/guidelines

• How Martin DuBois surprises the protagonist

• The identity of a backup science specialist

• The person responsible for developing small, fast space probes

Chapters 19-21. Questions on this quiz pertain to the following key details:

• Grace and Rocky's chain

• Rocky's engineering accomplishment

• A disastrous incident involving the ship

• Grace's physical condition

• Rocky's physical condition

• The causes of character impairments

• Grace's cleaning of Rocky's radiator vents

• Interactions among characters in a flashback scene

• A devastating accident days before the launch of the ship

• The name and nature of a newly discovered organism

• Grace's theory regarding the development of intelligence

Chapters 22-24. Questions on this quiz pertain to the following key details:

• Why the ship's power goes out

• What is found in the beetle probes

• Why Grace keeps George in reserve

• The main threat to Grace's safety during the EVA to retrieve the beetles

• Rocky's modifications to the beetles

• Grace's reaction to being named the new lead science specialist

• The purpose of the French drug used on Grace

• How nitrogen affects Taumoeba

• Why Grace stays in the storage room under the dormitory

• The significance of Tank Three

• A complication involving the telescope screen

• The definition of "spacing" in context

Chapters 25-27. Questions on this quiz pertain to the following key details:

• Grace and Rocky's scientific accomplishments

• What Grace gives Rocky

• What Rocky gives Grace

• Why Grace performs EVAs in this section of the novel

• The purpose of the AstroTorch

• Grace's alarming realization regarding his fuel supply

• How Rocky reacts to Grace's realization

• Stratt's undergraduate major

• Stratt and Grace's interaction in a flashback scene

• The flavor of the coma slurry

• How much older people will be when Grace returns to Earth

• An unpleasant sensory experience

• Why Grace shuts down the ship's heaters and engines

• What Grace fills the ship's atmosphere with

Chapters 28-30. Questions on this quiz pertain to the following key details:

• How Grace confirms whether the Astrophage tanks are contaminated

• The nature of the Taumoeba Alarm

• Grace's initial reaction to the idea that breeder farms were the source of a leak

• The distinct qualities of Taumoeba-82.5

• The vulnerability of Blip-A

• Why life on Erid could prove fatal to humans like Grace

• How Grace makes physical contact with Blip-A

• Rocky's condition when he and Grace reunite

• How Grace might be able to survive life on Erid

• Why Grace's muscle tissue is being used in labs

• How Grace and the Eridians learn that Earth has been saved

• Why Grace chooses to remain on Erid

• What Grace is doing as the novel comes to an end

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