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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 homesick and awakened by calls from Phyllis about Maya?
(a) Michel.
(b) Jan.
(c) James.
(d) John.

2. Who does Nadia become friends with on the trip to the pole?
(a) James.
(b) Ann.
(c) Simon.
(d) Jan.

3. Whom does Frank accuse of trying to block him from the treaty rewrite?
(a) Ursula.
(b) Casey.
(c) John.
(d) Maya.

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

5. When all time stops for 39 1/2 minutes between midnight and 12:01 to accommodate for the time difference, what is it called?
(a) A scouting mission.
(b) A radiation gap.
(c) A winter draft.
(d) A time slip.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the psychiatrist sent to McMurdo Station in Antarctica with a hundred and fifty finalist scientists?

2. What has been placed into each windmill that forces the terraforming of Mars?

3. Who is assigned to Phobos to transform the moon into a space station?

4. Who has approved the dispatch of GEMs?

5. Whose disappearance foreshadows problems for the farm group?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Frank wear a mask during the celebration, and how does it make him feel?

2. Why are GEMS made by the scientists?

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

4. How does Michel evaluate people psychologically on Mars?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Maya get involved in a sexual relationship with Frank on her off time from drills?

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