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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the people who meet Weston ask him to do?
(a) Publicize the message from Washington.
(b) Forget the message to Washington.
(c) Repeat the message from Washington.
(d) Send a message to Washington.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What connects the skyscrapers that Weston sees in the city he explores?
(a) Fences.
(b) Chains.
(c) Bulldozers.
(d) Catwalks.

9. What are the streets of the minicity surrounded by?
(a) Skyscrapers.
(b) Industrial sewage.
(c) Parks and trees.
(d) Concrete and plants.

10. What do the Ecotopians use that actually causes less damage to the ground than an ox and cart team?
(a) Big electric tractors.
(b) Horse and buggy.
(c) Steam engines.
(d) Bulldozers.

11. What does Weston notice about the streams near the lumber camps?
(a) They are muddy.
(b) They are swelling.
(c) They are not muddy.
(d) They are low.

12. What does Weston think the American sports enthusiast will feel about Ecotopian sports?
(a) Fast.
(b) Challenging.
(c) Fascinating.
(d) Dull.

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

14. What is unusual about the streets of the city that Weston explores?
(a) They are rough and hewn.
(b) They are below the ground.
(c) They connect to skyscrapers.
(d) They are converted into sidewalks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How big is the minicity's population?

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

3. On the hiking trips, what do the children learn about?

4. After observing the lumber mills, who does Weston mention meeting in his diary?

5. What do Ecotopians think of travel for business?

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