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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. Who angrily sets off, disturbed by suggestions to take action against John for his treaty beliefs?
(a) Sax.
(b) Maya.
(c) Frank.
(d) Selim.

2. What has John been lacking for hours that prevents doctors from reviving his body outside the dome?
(a) Love.
(b) Oxygen.
(c) Food.
(d) Energy.

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

4. Who notes it is ridiculous to stop terraforming for low probability life that may not even be affected by it?
(a) Greens.
(b) Croatians.
(c) Balkans.
(d) Reds.

5. Who does Nadia get angry with after discovering that the terraforming of Mars has begun?
(a) Arkady.
(b) Frank.
(c) Jezebel.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the psychiatrist program, what is Maya?

2. Who is Michel amazed to see among the farm team members?

3. What team is Nadia part of?

4. Who talks Arkady into waiting for the UN to decide on whether to terraform?

5. Who develops a new calendar to track the 668 day Martian year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nadia notice when her expedition returns to the Ares colony?

2. Why does Maya think she is hallucinating in the fields?

3. What does Anna admit to Nadia about living in duality?

4. Why does Maya get involved sexually with John?

5. Why does Nadia get furious when she sees the broken heating element?

6. How is Nadia described in Part 3 as a problem solver?

7. When did people learn about life on other planets, according to the first chapter?

8. How are the first hundred colonists selected to go to Mars?

9. Where is John's body found, and why can't Frank revive him?

10. How does Frank fool Selim, and how does Selim respond when Frank speaks badly of John to him for a second time?

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