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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. After a dust storm abates, where does John organize a celebration that coincides with Sax's burn up of the ice asteroid in the atmosphere?
(a) Bradbury.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Acheron.
(d) Olympus Mons.

2. Who spends several months with an Arab caravan, mining, and spending time alone?
(a) Arkady.
(b) Frank.
(c) John.
(d) Nadia.

3. Who is John's son?
(a) Kasei.
(b) Frank.
(c) Sax.
(d) Luke.

4. Who is beside herself/himself in grief at the death of a lover in the final chapter?
(a) Ann.
(b) Peter.
(c) Simon.
(d) Maya.

5. After the celebration attended by many of the first hundred colonizers, John tells _____ he thinks her/his children are saboteurs.
(a) Hiroko.
(b) Sax.
(c) Frank.
(d) Maya.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who informs Frank that his corporation is opening an office in Ethiopia?

2. To the traveling rover group's surprise, the newly found settlement has _____.

3. Who makes John a strong figure in the revolution?

4. Who are in the dining hall, watching the news as they hear of revolutions surrounding the new birth reduction acts on Earth?

5. Who is Ann relieved to see when the group is reunited with the missing colonists at the end of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the primary hundred going to be executed?

2. How does Phyllis's desire for money become apparent through her efforts on Mars?

3. How are the shifting political agendas on Earth reflected in the mining efforts on Mars and how does this affect John?

4. On the fourteenth day of the revolution, why does Arkady's arm go up in flames?

5. What is the significance of the stone eye teeth?

6. How does Frank respond after learning the treaty has failed?

7. How does Frank negotiate for the treaty on Mars, and how do Maya and others respond to his efforts?

8. Why is Ann depressed on Mars even when Michel offers the promise of survival?

9. How does Ann try commit suicide?

10. How does it does become clear that the terraforming effort is not working as planned, affecting Mars in destructive ways?

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