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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. Who is disappointed terraforming will be negatively affected and believes the treaty will make no difference?
(a) Sax.
(b) Nadia.
(c) Arkady.
(d) Frank.

2. Who takes a glider to see Ann in Argye Basin to investigate the destruction of the moholes?
(a) Frank.
(b) John.
(c) Maya.
(d) Sax.

3. Who sleeps in John's rover, making Frank angry?
(a) Nadia.
(b) Maya.
(c) Ursula.
(d) Hiroko.

4. Who is beside herself/himself in grief at the death of a lover in the final chapter?
(a) Simon.
(b) Maya.
(c) Peter.
(d) Ann.

5. What do Maya and the rest of the traveling rover group discover is hidden inside a rock?
(a) A message.
(b) A jewel.
(c) An icon.
(d) A settlement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has UNOMA approved that makes Sax believe security should be increased?

2. What group is blocking communications while Nadia tries to repair water mains?

3. What is the crater where Nadia's team finds hundreds of dead bodies, reduced to ash?

4. Who informs Frank that his corporation is opening an office in Ethiopia?

5. What lost group visited the Arab colony that occupies a new transnational mining site?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Phyllis's desire for money become apparent through her efforts on Mars?

2. How is the Coyote, terraforming, and sabotage linked to John?

3. What are Helmut's motivations for working on Mars?

4. How is John revealed as a complex personality in Part 5?

5. What does John's role as a strong figure in the revolution give hope for?

6. How does Frank respond after learning the treaty has failed?

7. How does Simon reveal himself to be a strong force when he gets angry with Ann?

8. After Frank's office is flooded with immigrants, why does he decide to go to Phyllis for help?

9. Why does Ann crumble in mental stability as the destruction of Mars occurs?

10. What information is revealed about Hiroko through the notes left for Sax and for Ursula?

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