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

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

3. Who talks Arkady into waiting for the UN to decide on whether to terraform?
(a) John.
(b) Frank.
(c) Maya.
(d) Nadia.

4. What does Nadia become well known for as she works on Mars?
(a) A fighter.
(b) A builder.
(c) A grant writer.
(d) A problem solver.

5. How many rooms does the space ship carrying the colonizers have?
(a) 100.
(b) 200.
(c) 500.
(d) 300.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the landscape religion, how can people live on Mars?

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

3. Who puts the pesticides on Selim's shirt without Selim's knowledge?

4. Who is working on an impact hammer when it malfunctions?

5. Who is attracted to the landscape religion and its society because it allows people to thrive and participate in it?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the Greens led by Sax believe?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why is Nadia uncomfortable talking to Maya and what makes her long to escape the group?

10. Why are GEMS made by the scientists?

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