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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who informs Frank that his corporation is opening an office in Ethiopia?
(a) A toothsayer.
(b) An associate.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A priest.

2. Where is the village located from which the missing colonists emerge at the end of the book?
(a) In trees.
(b) In a spaceship.
(c) Underground.
(d) On the surface.

3. Who is beside herself/himself in grief at the death of a lover in the final chapter?
(a) Maya.
(b) Peter.
(c) Simon.
(d) Ann.

4. Who blames herself/himself for the death of the person that rescues the rover that is run aground?
(a) Frank.
(b) Jason.
(c) Maya.
(d) Ann.

5. What have been sabotaged throughout Mars?
(a) Volcanoes.
(b) Domes.
(c) Robots.
(d) Geysers.

6. What organization is Helmut in charge of?
(a) UNOMA.
(b) UNICEF.
(c) ACHERON.
(d) ETSA.

7. If aging treatments are given to everyone, what happens to the world?
(a) It becomes overgrown.
(b) It becomes generic.
(c) It becomes overpopulated.
(d) It becomes fearsome.

8. Who are at the bottom of a mohole in Part 5?
(a) Sax and Maya.
(b) Frank and John.
(c) Ursula and Nadia.
(d) John and Etsu.

9. Who asserts there are "guns under the table," indicating hidden interests?
(a) John.
(b) Maya.
(c) Arkady.
(d) Frank.

10. Who is in a deep depression on Mars, fearing the death of colonists?
(a) John.
(b) Maya.
(c) Frank.
(d) Ann.

11. What has UNOMA approved that makes Sax believe security should be increased?
(a) A mohole.
(b) A corporate haul.
(c) A space elevator.
(d) An ice bridge.

12. In what basin does Nadia see a sea of ice and water?
(a) Lucifer.
(b) Clark.
(c) Hellman.
(d) Lee.

13. In what kind of world does Arkady insist that money is not the primary goal?
(a) Computer.
(b) Artistic.
(c) Scientific.
(d) Literary.

14. Where does Frank arrive to talk to Phyllis to stop people from going to Mars?
(a) Goosepoint.
(b) Clark.
(c) Bradbury.
(d) Nature's Edge.

15. What is raging beside the rover that is run aground?
(a) Maya.
(b) Tempers.
(c) A flood.
(d) Volcanoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who runs the rover aground when she is distracted?

2. After a dust storm abates, where does John organize a celebration that coincides with Sax's burn up of the ice asteroid in the atmosphere?

3. Who is the head of the missing colonists that Simon discovers at the end of the book?

4. In order to maintain control over Earth, what two countries have to maintain control over Mars?

5. What town does Nadia help rebuild using robots?

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