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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who on Phobos does Nadia talk to about the issues on the Mars colony?
(a) Maya.
(b) Frank.
(c) Arkady.
(d) John.

2. According to the psychiatrist program, what is Maya?
(a) Harmonious.
(b) Stable.
(c) Fearsome.
(d) Labile.

3. Where does Nadia suggest picking up a signal from to find a way to navigate?
(a) Windmills.
(b) Heaters.
(c) Transponders.
(d) Asteroids.

4. Who argues the team should go to the polar cap to take samples?
(a) Phyllis.
(b) Simon.
(c) Nadia.
(d) Ann.

5. Who discovers John's body outside the dome?
(a) Ursula and Sax.
(b) Maya and Jan.
(c) Selim and Ursula.
(d) Frank and Maya.

6. Along the way to the pole, what does the Ares crew install?
(a) Permafrost water collectors.
(b) Polar ice caps.
(c) Radiation surveys.
(d) Robot freight rovers.

7. Who wants prospecting on Mars?
(a) Phyllis.
(b) Simon.
(c) Ann.
(d) Nadia.

8. In what love triangle does Nadia find herself struggling to escape?
(a) Frank, Ursula, and Sax.
(b) Frank, John, and Nadia.
(c) John, Maya, and Nadia.
(d) John, Maya, and Frank.

9. Who argues the beauty of Mars only exists in the mind?
(a) John.
(b) Maya.
(c) Ann.
(d) Sax.

10. Who believe that there may be undiscovered life deep in the permafrost or underground?
(a) Greens.
(b) Croatians.
(c) Reds.
(d) Balkans.

11. In terms of ecological economics, what does the landscape religion promote about an individual in the society?
(a) Rebuild the environment.
(b) Live in opposition to it.
(c) Fight the environment.
(d) Give as much as he/she takes.

12. Who develops genetically engineered microorganisms, or GEMS, that can survive on the planet?
(a) Bioengineers.
(b) Technicians.
(c) Writers.
(d) Astronauts.

13. How many of the final hundred that would travel to Mars as the first colonizers are Russian?
(a) 45.
(b) 55.
(c) 40.
(d) 35.

14. Who tells Maya that John has been attacked?
(a) Selim.
(b) Sax.
(c) Frank.
(d) Ursula.

15. Who is in awe of Hiroko as he/she works on the farm?
(a) Ursula.
(b) John.
(c) Arkady.
(d) Maya.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the group that supports terraforming?

2. Who is the man with dreadlocks watching Frank?

3. Whom does Frank accuse of trying to block him from the treaty rewrite?

4. Who on Ares opposes following rules from Earth and advocates making their own rules?

5. How many of the final hundred that would travel to Mars as the first colonizers are American?

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