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

2. Who reminds Nadia that terraforming will destroy the pole?
(a) Ann.
(b) Phyllis.
(c) Simon.
(d) Jan.

3. Who is assigned to Phobos to transform the moon into a space station?
(a) Ursula.
(b) Arkady.
(c) Maya.
(d) Hiroko.

4. Who is the leader of the group that wishes to forgo terraforming?
(a) Simon.
(b) Sax.
(c) Anna.
(d) John.

5. Whose group on the farm does Michel join?
(a) Jan.
(b) John.
(c) Hiroko.
(d) Frank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a suicide gene?

2. Who develops genetically engineered microorganisms, or GEMS, that can survive on the planet?

3. Who is given a mask during the celebration in town after the speech?

4. Of the final hundred that would travel to Mars as the first colonizers, how many are women?

5. Who has developed a chart of human behavior that utilizes a range of other psychological theories?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is areophany and how is it in tune with nature?

7. How is population size controlled within the GEM and how does it adapt to plant life?

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

9. How does Nadia lose her finger?

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

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