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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. Cairo is overrun with _____ when Nadia and her team arrive after visiting the crater.
(a) Lichen.
(b) Refugees.
(c) Fear.
(d) Moss.

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

3. After John meets the Coyote, what strikes the atmosphere of Mars and burns brilliantly?
(a) A bell flare.
(b) A lightning storm.
(c) An asteroid.
(d) A dust storm.

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

5. What do Ann and Simon send when they are trapped inside a crater?
(a) A distress signal.
(b) A phone call.
(c) A note.
(d) A flag.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is vital for continued economical and social existence on Earth?

2. As Arkady is walking to his office, he sees a hole appear in the tent above. What body part does he suddenly see ablaze?

3. What process was used to create John's son using his sperm?

4. What has UNOMA approved that makes Sax believe security should be increased?

5. Who is the friend of Hiroko that hates terraforming?

Short Essay Questions

1. When riots begin in Mars, what does Frank discover as the city is in revolution?

2. How does Frank disappear, trying to save his companions?

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

4. How does Ann try commit suicide?

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

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

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

8. How does Nadia emerge as a heroine during the revolution through her work?

9. How is Ann reunited with her son?

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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