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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the landscape religion called?
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Aerophany.
(c) Enigmata.
(d) Kami.

2. Who does Maya find intriguing more than attractive?
(a) Ursula.
(b) Frank.
(c) Hiroko.
(d) John.

3. Who returns from Phobos that Nadia enjoys a connection with in Part 3?
(a) Arkady.
(b) Simon.
(c) Phyllis.
(d) Ann.

4. Who argues the beauty of Mars only exists in the mind?
(a) Ann.
(b) Maya.
(c) John.
(d) Sax.

5. What has been placed into each windmill that forces the terraforming of Mars?
(a) The blue moss.
(b) The heating element.
(c) The broken light.
(d) The polar cap.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the final hundred that would travel to Mars as the first colonizers, how many are women?

2. What is the spiritual energy that the land is infused with called?

3. Who does Maya walk in the bioforest with?

4. What does Nadia become well known for as she works on Mars?

5. How many rooms does the space ship carrying the colonizers have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Maya get involved sexually with John?

2. How are the first hundred colonists selected to go to Mars?

3. How does Nadia recognize that their technology is advanced and causes changes to Mars?

4. How does Maya get involved in a sexual relationship with Frank on her off time from drills?

5. Why do people like Michel fail to do well on Mars, according to his theory?

6. How is population size controlled within the GEM and how does it adapt to plant life?

7. What do the Reds led by Ann believe?

8. How is Maya described in Part 2?

9. When did people learn about life on other planets, according to the first chapter?

10. Where is John's body found, and why can't Frank revive him?

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