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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 is the crater called that Ann and Simon get trapped in?
(a) Laker.
(b) Newman.
(c) Peridier.
(d) Lost.

2. Where are the miners from that Frank talks to that belong to the American settlement?
(a) New York.
(b) Vermont.
(c) Florida.
(d) Utah.

3. Who tells John of an anti-aging product?
(a) Ursula.
(b) Nadia.
(c) Frank.
(d) Maya.

4. Who appears on Arkady's screen and demands surrender?
(a) Frank.
(b) Phyllis.
(c) Sax.
(d) John.

5. Whose followers discuss social progress as a fight against governmental intervention?
(a) Zeyk.
(b) Drake.
(c) Susannah.
(d) Arkady.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ann's son?

2. Who is John's son?

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

4. Nadia and Maya feel competent driving the group over ____.

5. How do people get out of the rover and travel on the surface of Mars?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Frank and Maya argue and separate after he has a dream?

2. What information is revealed about Hiroko through the notes left for Sax and for Ursula?

3. Why does John have conflicting feelings about terraforming and transnationals?

4. How does Arkady explain the need for money, depending upon the kind of world one lives in?

5. How does Peter Clayborne escape death?

6. Why does Nadia blow up the space station?

7. What does Frank learn from meeting the miners from Florida?

8. How is the Coyote, terraforming, and sabotage linked to John?

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

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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