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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does most of the minicity's population live?
(a) 20 miles from the waterfront.
(b) 1/2 mile from the train terminal.
(c) 3 miles from the train terminal.
(d) 100 miles from the city center.

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

3. How big is the minicity's population?
(a) 9,000.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 250,000.

4. What is different about most products made in Ecotopia?
(a) They do not have a guarantee.
(b) They are built to break down.
(c) They last indefinitely.
(d) They are not fun to use.

5. What does the train that Weston takes run on?
(a) Vegetable oil.
(b) Magnetic rails.
(c) Oil fumes.
(d) Petroleum.

6. What does Weston see children hiking through unforgiving country with?
(a) Their books.
(b) Their gifts.
(c) Heavy backpacks.
(d) Their toys.

7. What does the Ecotopian monitoring system detect blowing off the Pacific?
(a) Gas.
(b) Ozone.
(c) Poisonous fumes.
(d) Radiation.

8. What makes people stay glued to their TV sets in Ecotopia?
(a) An incident.
(b) Cooking show.
(c) War games.
(d) Soccer game.

9. What do Ecotopians think of travel for business?
(a) Unnecessary.
(b) Important.
(c) Dependent upon the area.
(d) Pleasurable.

10. What is the wetsuit-like garment that Weston buys in Ecotopia called?
(a) Bird-suit.
(b) One piece.
(c) Same sex suit.
(d) Latex unit.

11. What does Weston notice happens during the game?
(a) The winning team draws graffiti.
(b) The losing team sulks.
(c) The referee calls foul.
(d) A man is seriously injured.

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

13. What was legalized that helped reduce population growth?
(a) Abortion.
(b) The pill.
(c) Vasectomy.
(d) Abstinence.

14. What is different about purchasing lumber from the Ecotopian lumber industry?
(a) The person must measure everything out themselves and carry all the wood themselves, too.
(b) The person must plant and take care of trees before buying any lumber.
(c) Lumber is exchanged for personal possessions.
(d) Lumber is very expensive and is given out in rations.

15. How does Weston feel after meeting the people that he mentions in his diary?
(a) Angry.
(b) Irritated.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Confused.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dropped below the death rate in Ecotopia, stabilizing the population?

2. What do most women use to control population growth in Ecotopia?

3. What is the name of the new minicity that Weston visits?

4. What do all the plastics in Ecotopia do?

5. Who or what is the Ecotopian president?

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