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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. What happens as a result of Hope's reforms?
(a) Crime is down, employment is up, and the population in general is happy.
(b) While crime is up and employment is down, the population still like Hope's reforms.
(c) The population is outraged, but crime is down and employment is up.
(d) The population is outraged, crime is up, and employment is down.

2. What does Hope insist on after touring the palaces?
(a) He must leave the RedSpot.
(b) He must see the residential areas.
(c) He must buy a palace there as a summer vacation home.
(d) He must never be bothered by the Latins again.

3. How has Hope brought iron prices back down?
(a) He levied heavy taxes on the iron industry until they dropped their prices.
(b) He ordered several companies to disband.
(c) He nationalized Planetary Iron Company.
(d) He ordered the iron industry to lower the prices.

4. Why does Hope eventually grow bored of Amber?
(a) He misses Megan.
(b) They begin to argue about everything.
(c) She is not intelligent enough to stimulate his mind.
(d) He has never been a one woman man.

5. Why does Phist suggest nationalizing a poorly performing iron company?
(a) To scare the rest of the iron companies into compliance.
(b) To make the industry more competitive.
(c) To eventually take over the industry completely.
(d) To bail the company out and keep them from failing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hope do when he discovers a Saturnine spy?

2. How is the opposition of the iron industry different from the resistance?

3. What does Shelia do when Coral throws the grenade?

4. What happens when Hope pulls Amber out of the moat?

5. Why do Spirit and Hope feel that getting him involved in industry for a while will be good for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jose Garcia's new organization.

2. In Chapter 8, what is revealed about Gerald Phist?

3. Briefly describe Hope's ten year reign. Was it effective?

4. How does Hope feel about the changes in his hometown on Callisto? What agreement does he make with the leader?

5. Who is Jose Garcia? How is he significant to the story?

6. Explain Hope's appointment to negotiate with himself.

7. What is revealed about the iron industry in Chapter 8? What do Phist and Hope plan to do about it?

8. Describe Hope's trip to the RedSpot with Amber.

9. Describe Hope's cabinet.

10. How does Ebony feel about the growing population, and what does she suggest they do about it? What happens as a result of Ebony's plan?

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