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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rheya feel compelled to do?
(a) go to Solaris's ocean
(b) keep Solaris's ocean in sight
(c) talk to Kelvin constantly
(d) stay nearby Kelvin

2. What is the condition of the research station when Kelvin arrives?
(a) The station is completely empty and unsupplied.
(b) The station is without power and breaking down.
(c) The station is disorderly and dirty.
(d) The station is crawling with bugs.

3. What makes Solaris's orbit stable?
(a) its sister planet
(b) its dual suns
(c) its unique core
(d) its ocean

4. What happens if a visitor is injured?
(a) It regenerates.
(b) It disintegrates.
(c) It vanishes.
(d) It remains injured.

5. What does Snow say about Gibarian's mental condition?
(a) Gibarian completely lost touch with reality.
(b) Gibarian never thought he was mad.
(c) Gibarian knew he'd lost his mind.
(d) Gibarian was constantly uncertain about his sanity.

6. How does Snow say that Gibarian died?
(a) an accident
(b) a heart attack
(c) suicide
(d) murder

7. How does Kelvin know his way around the space station?
(a) He spent three years on a similar station around another planet.
(b) He helped design and build the prototype station.
(c) He spent six weeks in a replica of it on Earth.
(d) He trained in a holographic replica on the trip to the station.

8. What does Rheya's blood look like to Kelvin at a subatomic level?
(a) The subatomic structures are too precise.
(b) It looks normal.
(c) Kelvin cannot see anything at the subatomic level.
(d) The subatomic structures are irregular.

9. What is the initial reaction Kelvin gets from the first person he meets?
(a) apathy
(b) grateful joy
(c) anger
(d) terror

10. What damages Kelvin's face?
(a) heat from the shuttle liftoff
(b) a razor
(c) acid from the laboratory
(d) radiation from the ocean

11. Which sun sets after Kelvin has showed and changed?
(a) the yellow sun of Solaris
(b) the red sun of Solaris
(c) the blue sun of Solaris
(d) the green sun of Solaris

12. What does Snow warn Kelvin to do if he meets a stranger?
(a) He warns Kelvin to not ignore any stranger.
(b) He warns Kelvin to run and hide from any stranger.
(c) He warns Kelvin to kill any stranger.
(d) He warns Kelvin not to speak or interact with a stranger.

13. What does Kelvin arm himself with?
(a) a harpoon
(b) a gas pistol
(c) a flare gun
(d) a fire extinguisher

14. Where is Gibarian?
(a) in the ocean
(b) dead
(c) on a shuttlepod
(d) locked in a lab

15. Where does Snow say the visitor Kelvin saw comes from?
(a) Snow says the visitor comes from Solaris.
(b) Snow says the visitor comes from the stars.
(c) Snow says the visitor comes from Sartorius.
(d) Snow says he doesn't know.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kelvin think of Berton's account?

2. What is the condition of the skin on Snow's face?

3. What is Kelvin looking at when he suddenly, intensely feels he's being watched?

4. What does Kelvin do when he hears someone coming down the hall while he's in Gibarian's room?

5. How long did it take for spacecraft to visit Solaris after its discovery?

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