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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who escapes on an elevator when the cable is destroyed?
(a) Phyllis.
(b) Peter.
(c) Lewis.
(d) Jason.

2. What promise does the hidden inside of the rock offer the traveling rover group?
(a) A new guide.
(b) A new way of life.
(c) A new source of fuel.
(d) A new adventure.

3. Cairo is overrun with _____ when Nadia and her team arrive after visiting the crater.
(a) Fear.
(b) Lichen.
(c) Refugees.
(d) Moss.

4. What organization is Helmut in charge of?
(a) UNOMA.
(b) ACHERON.
(c) ETSA.
(d) UNICEF.

5. Who arrives and yanks Ann to her feet, angry at her attempt to commit suicide?
(a) Simon.
(b) Frank.
(c) John.
(d) Jezebel.

6. Who is on the treaty commission as a voting party?
(a) Nadia.
(b) Arkady.
(c) John.
(d) Frank.

7. Who are at the bottom of a mohole in Part 5?
(a) Sax and Maya.
(b) Ursula and Nadia.
(c) Frank and John.
(d) John and Etsu.

8. Whose followers discuss social progress as a fight against governmental intervention?
(a) Arkady.
(b) Susannah.
(c) Drake.
(d) Zeyk.

9. Who suits up to clear the area after the rover is run aground?
(a) Ann.
(b) Maya.
(c) Frank.
(d) Nadia.

10. In what kind of environment is money necessary according to Arkady?
(a) Earth.
(b) Non-self sufficient.
(c) Wall Street.
(d) Materialistic.

11. Who is Ann relieved to see when the group is reunited with the missing colonists at the end of the book?
(a) James.
(b) Jan.
(c) Simon.
(d) Peter.

12. Who encourages Frank to give a speech to the striking Russian workers?
(a) John.
(b) Maya.
(c) Ursula.
(d) Sax.

13. Where does the surviving group of colonists take shelter days after Ann's suicide attempt?
(a) In a church.
(b) In a tomb.
(c) In a monastery.
(d) In a cavern.

14. What lost group visited the Arab colony that occupies a new transnational mining site?
(a) Hiroko's.
(b) Ursula's.
(c) Frank's.
(d) Jan's.

15. When riots begin, what is taken in a hostile takeover?
(a) The immigrants.
(b) The elevator consortium.
(c) The fighting.
(d) The exploration.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is on his way to Cairo to meet Frank and Maya when his rover breaks down?

2. What rains down upon Frank and his group that is sent by forces orbiting Phobos?

3. Who funds Phyllis's camp?

4. Who asserts there are "guns under the table," indicating hidden interests?

5. Who makes a closing speech about democracy versus capitalism at the celebration?

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