Project Hail Mary

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. What is the primary mission of Ryland Grace in Project Hail Mary?

A) Establish a colony for humans to inhabit

B) Enlist the help of new forms of extraterrestrial life

C) Develop sustainable energy sources

D) Save humanity from an alien threat

2. What is the primary purpose of first-person, present-tense narration for both the main timeline and flashbacks?

A) It establishes that the story could realistically be happening today.

B) It orients the reader to the world as Grace orients to his environment.

C) It blurs the lines between the past and present, confusing the reader as Grace would be disoriented.

D) It presents the motif of competence under extreme pressure.

3. Which of the following details best illustrates the theme The Justifiable Use of Advanced Science for Morally Complex Purposes?

A) Using Astrophage to power and insulate the Hail Mary

B) Paving a quarter of the Sahara to breed Astrophage

C) Breeding nitrogen-resistant Taumoeba

D) Putting the crew in comas during the journey to Tau Ceti

4. In addition to the reference to a last-ditch, desperate play in American football, what is the significance of the mission’s name?

A) It alludes to the name of the designer of the ship.