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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the large farms and hospitals in Ecotopia?
(a) Broken up into smaller, local units.
(b) They were united into even bigger units.
(c) They remained intact.
(d) They were burned to make way for the new.

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

3. Where does Weston's flight land?
(a) Reno.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Irving.
(d) San Francisco.

4. What is the name of the new minicity that Weston visits?
(a) Aura.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Miguel.
(d) Alviso.

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

6. What kind of a schedule do the children have at school in Ecotopia?
(a) Rigid.
(b) Rudimentary.
(c) Flexible.
(d) Complicated.

7. How do the Ecotopians take care of their business through video conferences?
(a) With on-site visits.
(b) With the iPhone.
(c) With picture phones.
(d) With teleseminars.

8. What does the Ecotopian government do to businesses that fail to comply with pollution laws?
(a) Buy or allow them to fail.
(b) Expand them.
(c) Merge them.
(d) Leave them be.

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

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

11. What was the minicity that Weston visits, prior to becoming a mini-city?
(a) A sleepy village.
(b) A huge metropolis.
(c) A burgeoning town.
(d) An expanding seaport.

12. 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) On top of the roof.
(d) Over the half-time line.

13. Where does Weston travel to when he leaves the minicity?
(a) Montgomery.
(b) Redwood City.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Sacramento.

14. What have the skyscrapers that Weston sees been converted into, in the city he explores?
(a) Apartments.
(b) Restaurants.
(c) Taverns.
(d) Underground lairs.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Weston see children hiking through unforgiving country with?

3. Who does Weston get to talk to after the game?

4. How long does it take, on average, to reach any destination off the train terminal in the minicity?

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

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