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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the healthiest people, on average, in the whole world, according to Weston?
(a) Ecotopians.
(b) Maori.
(c) Swedes.
(d) Americans.

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

3. What system does the person that Weston meets tell him about?
(a) Sewage recycling.
(b) Plumbing.
(c) Fertilizer creation.
(d) Crop rotation.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Weston notice happens during the game?

2. Where does Weston travel to when he leaves the minicity?

3. What is used to haul the trees to the lumber mills?

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

5. What do Ecotopian sports revolve around?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ecotopian war games.

2. Describe the difference in duration of violent crime sentences in America as compared to Ecotopia.

3. How do Ecotopians compare health-wise to Americans?

4. Describe a typical day for children at the Crick School in Reliez.

5. Describe William Weston at the beginning of the novel.

6. Describe Weston's interaction with the nurse, Linda.

7. Describe health insurance in Ecotopia.

8. What is Weston forced to conclude in the last section of the book?

9. Describe the convenience of transportation in Alviso.

10. What does Weston notice about the streets of San Francisco?

(see the answer keys)

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