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

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

3. Who introduces Frank to speak to the people of Nicosia?
(a) Ursula.
(b) Maya.
(c) John.
(d) Grant.

4. What path is the landscape religion taking in relation to the Reds and Greens?
(a) The Reds'.
(b) The middle.
(c) Completely different.
(d) The Greens'.

5. What threatens the flight pattern of the spaceship Nadia is on?
(a) A space fight.
(b) A dust storm.
(c) A volcano.
(d) An asteroid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Frank point outs that _____ does not like Americans or Russians.

2. What is the landscape religion called?

3. Whose disappearance foreshadows problems for the farm group?

4. What does the landscape religion promote in terms of maintaining the surface of Mars?

5. What is the index of autonomic balance called?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the Ares crew build a calendar?

3. How does Nadia recognize that their technology is advanced and causes changes to Mars?

4. When Michel is disturbed by a dark skinned man, what ends up happening to him that leaves him naked?

5. What are the major themes of Red Mars by Robinson?

6. Why are GEMS made by the scientists?

7. When Maya talks to Michel about her love life problems, how does he respond?

8. How does terraforming create two opposing groups at Ares?

9. Why does Selim get angry after talking to Frank about John?

10. Why does Maya get involved sexually with John?

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