Plot
Character Development
Themes
Vocab and Figurative Language
Settings and Climax
100

where did the book start?

what is Hail Mary space craft

100

how does Ryland feel about his dead teammates?

what is grief 

100

What is the main non-fiction theme of the book?

what is space and science

100

What figurative language is "Project Hail Mary"

What is metaphor

100

what are the things killing the sun called?

what is astrophage

200

What happened in the spacecraft


what is Rylands partners were all dead

200

how does ryland feel about his kids? (hes a teacher)

What is he is caring and nice towards them

200

What is the main theme of the book?

what is trying to stop aliens from dimming the sun

200

what figurative language is used in "I flail like an angry cat, reaching out for anything I can grasp."

What is simile 

200

How does Ryland figure out that the astrophage are just normal cells?

what is he uses a needle to pop one and see all the cells parts

300

what is happening to the sun?

what is it is being dimmed by astrophage

300

how does ryland feel about being sent off to relive his scientific past?

What is concern and unhappiness

300

what is a widely shown theme in the book?

what is cross species coordination

300

What figurative language is used with the protagonist being named Grace?

what is symbolism

300

how do the astrophage travel?

what is light propulsion  

400

how many scientists eventually work on this?

what is every major scientist around the world

400

What happened after Ryland realized who he was?

what is he was proud of how smart he was

400

another main theme is:

what is survival and sacrifice

400

What figurative language is used in “Eridians don’t have a sense of smell. But while it took a long time to explain sight to Rocky, smell was easy. Because Eridians do have a sense of taste. When you get down to it, smell is just tasting at range.”

what is metaphor

400
what ship are the astrophage used as fuel for?

what is hail mary ship

500

where is ryland going in the hail mary ship?

What is the Tau Ceti star system

500

what did ryland overcome?

What is cowardice and self-serving nature

500

final main theme is: 

what is importance of connection

500

what does ambulation mean?

What is to move or walk from one place to another

500

what star system did ryland travel to?

What is the Tau Ceti star system

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