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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of factory does Weston explore in the minicity?
(a) Dolls.
(b) Potato.
(c) Sewing.
(d) Electric cars.

2. What is different about the equipment Ecotopians use for games?
(a) They are dull.
(b) They glow in the dark.
(c) They are spears.
(d) They are made of rubber.

3. How do the two teams in the game Weston is allowed to watch face each other?
(a) In the pool.
(b) Across the field.
(c) Over the half-time line.
(d) On top of the roof.

4. What do Ecotopian sports revolve around?
(a) Teams.
(b) Winning.
(c) Participants.
(d) Crowds.

5. What movement in Ecotopia wants to abandon plastics completely?
(a) Coal.
(b) Metal.
(c) Purist.
(d) Petroleum.

6. What kind of streets does the minicity have that Weston visits?
(a) Huge and criss-crossing.
(b) Smooth and made of marble.
(c) Cobblestone and broken.
(d) Narrow and winding.

7. What does Weston dream about the night after he watches the game?
(a) He dies.
(b) He is in combat.
(c) He is floating in space.
(d) He is climbing over boulders.

8. What do the hard and durable plastics replace in Ecotopia?
(a) Metals.
(b) Oil.
(c) Biodegradable supplies.
(d) Coal tar.

9. What do all the plastics in Ecotopia do?
(a) Recycle or degrade.
(b) Freeze or solidify.
(c) Melt or harden.
(d) Burn or cinder.

10. Who does Weston meet to discuss the Ecotopian agricultural and food systems?
(a) President.
(b) Minister.
(c) Assistant Minister.
(d) Food Council Representative.

11. What is cheaper in the long run than clear-cutting, according to Ecotopians?
(a) Mature tree cutting.
(b) Sapling planting.
(c) Photosynthetic regeneration.
(d) Little shoot capturing.

12. What are some skills that the children learn in school in Ecotopia?
(a) Drawing and painting.
(b) Casting and mining.
(c) Hunting and fishing.
(d) Accounting and books.

13. What city does Weston explore at the beginning of the book?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Kingston.
(d) Portland.

14. What does television serve in Ecotopia?
(a) As a method of advertising international companies.
(b) As a method of seducing locals to join the army.
(c) As a method of public debate.
(d) As a public announcement system.

15. What does the Ecotopian legal system fail to prohibit?
(a) Drugs and prostitution.
(b) Theft and embezzlement.
(c) Robbery and assault.
(d) Murder and suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Ecotopians take care of their business through video conferences?

2. What kinds of climates can the wetsuit-like garment that Weston buys be used in?

3. What kind of a schedule do the children have at school in Ecotopia?

4. What does Weston think of the bed he has to sleep on at the beginning of the book?

5. What kinds of trolleys does Weston see in the city he explores?

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