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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is angry with Frank for rejecting her affection?
(a) Ursula.
(b) Hiroko.
(c) Nadia.
(d) Maya.

2. Who escapes on an elevator when the cable is destroyed?
(a) Phyllis.
(b) Jason.
(c) Lewis.
(d) Peter.

3. What town does Nadia help rebuild using robots?
(a) Acheron.
(b) Banning.
(c) Elysium.
(d) Bradbury.

4. Who is on the treaty commission as a voting party?
(a) Arkady.
(b) Frank.
(c) Nadia.
(d) John.

5. Where does the surviving group of colonists take shelter days after Ann's suicide attempt?
(a) In a tomb.
(b) In a church.
(c) In a monastery.
(d) In a cavern.

6. If aging treatments are given to the rich, who will revolt?
(a) The poor.
(b) The middle class.
(c) The politicians.
(d) The rich.

7. Who encourages Frank to give a speech to the striking Russian workers?
(a) John.
(b) Sax.
(c) Ursula.
(d) Maya.

8. What is destroyed that causes Ann to panic, fearing for the life of her son?
(a) A parachute.
(b) A business relay.
(c) A death star.
(d) An elevator cable.

9. What is Sax's headquarters called?
(a) Senzeni Nather.
(b) Etsu Okakura.
(c) Echus Overlook.
(d) Acheron.

10. Which investigators really work for transnationals?
(a) UNICEF.
(b) ETSA.
(c) UNOMA.
(d) ACHERON.

11. Whose remains does Nadia find in the crater full of dead bodies?
(a) John.
(b) Peter.
(c) Frank.
(d) Arkady.

12. After the celebration attended by many of the first hundred colonizers, John tells _____ he thinks her/his children are saboteurs.
(a) Frank.
(b) Sax.
(c) Hiroko.
(d) Maya.

13. What is the crater called that Ann and Simon get trapped in?
(a) Newman.
(b) Laker.
(c) Lost.
(d) Peridier.

14. Who is the friend of Hiroko that hates terraforming?
(a) The Rover.
(b) The Coyote.
(c) The Writer.
(d) The Preacher.

15. Who is on his way to Cairo to meet Frank and Maya when his rover breaks down?
(a) Arkady.
(b) Sax.
(c) Frank.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes John a strong figure in the revolution?

2. Who is beside herself/himself in grief at the death of a lover in the final chapter?

3. Which tent workers strike, leading to negotiations by Frank and Phyllis?

4. What has UNOMA approved that makes Sax believe security should be increased?

5. How do people get out of the rover and travel on the surface of Mars?

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