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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Pineleaf Bubble?
(a) Floating in the Jupiter atmosphere.
(b) Sitting on the surface of Mars.
(c) Floating in a sea of methane.
(d) Sitting in a crater on the moon.

2. What does Mondy feel will happen if the troops from Saturn can be intercepted?
(a) Saturn's government might fall.
(b) Saturn's government will pay a ransom.
(c) Saturn will win the war.
(d) Ganymede will win the war.

3. What is the purpose of the Technicians on the Saturnine ship?
(a) To build weapons of mass destruction on Ganymede.
(b) To control the minds of the Ganymede population.
(c) To control the mind of the premier of Ganymede.
(d) To pick the locks of Tanamo.

4. How does Hope get rid of Tocsin?
(a) He pardons Tocsin, so that he will leave peacefully.
(b) He has Tocsin killed.
(c) He kills Tocsin.
(d) He sends Tocsin into exile.

5. What must happen for Admiral Khukov to successfully disarm Saturn?
(a) He must assassinate Karzhinov.
(b) He must surrendur Ganymede.
(c) He must take Karzhinov's place as leader of Saturn.
(d) He must flee defect from Saturn to Jupiter.

6. What do Hope and Khukov discuss while playing billiards?
(a) Possible attack on Jupiter.
(b) Possible disarmament.
(c) The weather and politics in general.
(d) Overthrowing the premier of Ganymede.

7. What is attacking the bubble?
(a) A missile.
(b) A sub.
(c) A battleship.
(d) A cruiser.

8. What does Hope fear will happen in this false war?
(a) He fears that Karzhinov will call his bluff and invade Ganymede then Jupiter.
(b) He fears that he will lose his daughter Hopie, as she is already spending more time with Thorley, who actively speaks out against Hope.
(c) He fears that the people will become too upset at his acts of war and overthrow him.
(d) He fears that with all of the insults and threats going back and forth, Karzhinov might trigger the real war that destroys both planets.

9. What argument does Khukov plan to use to convince the Saturn government to make him Karzhinov's successor?
(a) He will argue that it was Karzhinov who got them into the mess they are in.
(b) He will argue that he was loyal to the people of Saturn all along, even when Karzhinov betrayed them.
(c) He will argue that if he isn't made Karzhinov's successor, Jupiter will launch a full attack on Saturn.
(d) He will argue that only he was able to negotiate with the mad tyrant of Jupiter.

10. When do Hope and Hopie argue about education?
(a) During lunch.
(b) During supper.
(c) Before bed.
(d) During breakfast.

11. How long do Hope and Mondy have until the Saturnine ship arrives at Ganymede?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Five days.
(c) One day.
(d) Seven days.

12. How does Hope react to the representatives leaving Congress?
(a) He banishes them from the realm.
(b) He decides to abolish Congress.
(c) He doesn't really care.
(d) He has them executed.

13. How does Hope plan to destroy the Saturnine ship without showing his involvement?
(a) He plans to torpedo the ship and blame it on Ganymede.
(b) He plans to sabotage the ship and make it look like a mechanical failure.
(c) He plans to torpedo the ship and make it look like an accidental colision with a mine.
(d) He plans to bomb the dock and make it look like a rebel attack.

14. In Chapter 2, who accompanies Hope hubris on the flagship?
(a) His wife.
(b) His brother.
(c) His drinking buddies.
(d) His advisers.

15. Which of the following quotes can be attributed by this story's editor?
(a) Others had competence; Hope had magic.
(b) If others have faith, Hope has Hope.
(c) Where there is not good drinking, there can not be good living.
(d) Hope was fully and truly mad, much like his predecessors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Amber unique from most girls?

2. What does Columnist Thorley say about hope's reign?

3. Why does Hope not want to talk to Megan during the Ganymede crisis?

4. Where do the Latinos live?

5. What is the effect of a Mind-Wash?

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