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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is used to haul the trees to the lumber mills?
(a) Steam engines.
(b) Big diesel trucks.
(c) Bulldozers.
(d) Big electric tractors.

2. What does Weston realize that Ecotopians love?
(a) Nature.
(b) War.
(c) Films.
(d) Money.

3. What dropped below the death rate in Ecotopia, stabilizing the population?
(a) Species decline rate.
(b) Temperature gradient rate.
(c) Infant mortality rate.
(d) Birth rate.

4. How does Weston travel to his next destination when he leaves the minicity?
(a) By car.
(b) By sailboat.
(c) By train.
(d) By oil rig.

5. Who does Weston meet on the train?
(a) Skiers.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) Mountain guides.
(d) Bankers.

6. Who does Weston get to talk to after the game?
(a) The injured man and an elderly man.
(b) The referee and point guard.
(c) The dribbler and the defense.
(d) The punter and the shooter.

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

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

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

10. What does Weston think of the room he gets to sleep in at the beginning of the book?
(a) Big and comfortable.
(b) Dirty and worn out.
(c) Modern and sleek.
(d) Nice, but old-fashioned.

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

12. What are Ecotopian plastics produced with?
(a) Broken down plastics.
(b) Petroleum sources.
(c) Previous coal residue.
(d) Living biological sources.

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

14. What do most women use to control population growth in Ecotopia?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Laxatives.
(c) Abstinence.
(d) Contraceptives.

15. What is the name of the presiding political party in Ecotopia?
(a) Minimalist.
(b) Green.
(c) Proud.
(d) Survivalist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Weston notice about the streets in the city he explores?

2. What city does Weston explore at the beginning of the book?

3. How are the streets of the minicity recognizable?

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

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

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