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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through August 2005: The Old Ones.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rises over Mars?
(a) Moon
(b) Green star
(c) Sun
(d) Rocket ship

2. What does Teece tell Belter will happen to the rocket?
(a) It will not ever take off as it does not have fuel
(b) It will land on a different planet from Mars
(c) He will shoot the rocket destroying it
(d) Explode on launch

3. How do the first settlers feel as the begin to colonize Mars?
(a) Happy
(b) Unsettled
(c) Lonely
(d) Relieved

4. What can Muhe and Gomez not do?
(a) Talk
(b) Communicate
(c) Touch
(d) Believe the other

5. Which current meteorological term could be used to describe the climate changes experienced during January of 1999?
(a) Blizzard
(b) Flooding
(c) Global warming
(d) Seasonal Interlude

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Muhe try to explain to Gomez?

2. Which term best describes how Mars is being colonized in relation to Earth?

3. Where were Williams and his crew members placed?

4. What do many of the Earthlings headed for Mars feel a need to escape?

5. Which of the following descriptions does the author use to describe the construction crews?

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